Gender in Low and Middle-Income Countries
1st Edition
Published on 27. May 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
316 pages
978-1-119-27646-3 (ISBN)
Description
How do girls and boys in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) in the majority world vary with respect to central indicators of child growth and mortality, parental caregiving, discipline and violence, and child labor? How do key indicators of national gender equity and economic development relate to gender similarities and differences in each of these substantive areas of child development? This monograph of the SRCD is concerned with central topics of child gender, gendered parenting, gendered environments, and gendered behaviors and socializing practices in the underresearched and underserved world of LMIC. To examine protective and risk factors related to child gender in LMIC around the world, we used data from more than 2 million individuals in 400,000 families in 41 LMIC collected in the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, a household survey that includes nationally representative samples of participating countries. In the fi rst chapter of this monograph, we describe the conceptual "gender similarities" and "bioecological" frameworks that helped guide the monograph. In the second chapter, we detail the general methodology adhered to in the substantive chapters. Then, in topical chapters, we describe the situations of girls and boys with successive foci on child growth and mortality, parental caregiving, family discipline and violence, and child labor. We conclude with a general discussion of fi ndings from the substantive chapters in the context of gender and bioecological theories.
Across 41 LMIC and four substantive areas of child development, few major gender differences emerged. Our data support a gender similarities view and suggest that general emphases on early child gender differences may be overstated at least for the developing world of LMIC.
Across 41 LMIC and four substantive areas of child development, few major gender differences emerged. Our data support a gender similarities view and suggest that general emphases on early child gender differences may be overstated at least for the developing world of LMIC.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Height: 229 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
295 gr
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978-1-119-27646-3 (9781119276463)
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Marc H. Bornstein, Ph.D., is Senior Investigator and Head of Child and Family Research at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. He has published in experimental, methodological, comparative, developmental, and cultural science as well as neuroscience, pediatrics, and aesthetics.
Robert H. Bradley, Ph.D. is Professor and Director of the Family and Human Dynamics Research Institute at Arizona State University. His research focuses on family environments, child care and early education, with emphasis on how each is implicated in children's development. He is also involved in developing measures of the home environment.
Kirby Deater-Deckard, Ph.D., is Professor and Director of Developmental Science in Psychology at Virginia Tech. He conducts research on the intergenerational transmission and development of social-emotional and cognitive attributes, with emphasis on parenting and gene-environment processes.
Jennifer E. Lansford, Ph.D., is Research Professor in the Center for Child and Family Policy at Duke University. Her research focuses on the development of aggression and other behavior problems in children and adolescents, with an mphasis on how family, peer, and cultural contexts contribute to or protect against these outcomes.
Diane L. Putnick, Ph.D., is a researcher and statistician with the Child and Family Research Section of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Her research interests include child and family processes across cultures.
Kofi Marfo is Professor and Founding Director, Institute for Human Development, Aga Khan University (East Africa, South-Central Asia, and United Kingdom). His scholarly interests include developmental science and practice, advancement of a global science of human development, and philosophical issues in behavioral science and education research. He coleads an African child development research capacity enhancement initiative, co-convenes the African Child Development Scholars Workshop series, and has most recently co-edited Child Development in Africa: Views from inside (Serpell and Marfo, 2014), a volume in New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development.
Robert H. Bradley, Ph.D. is Professor and Director of the Family and Human Dynamics Research Institute at Arizona State University. His research focuses on family environments, child care and early education, with emphasis on how each is implicated in children's development. He is also involved in developing measures of the home environment.
Kirby Deater-Deckard, Ph.D., is Professor and Director of Developmental Science in Psychology at Virginia Tech. He conducts research on the intergenerational transmission and development of social-emotional and cognitive attributes, with emphasis on parenting and gene-environment processes.
Jennifer E. Lansford, Ph.D., is Research Professor in the Center for Child and Family Policy at Duke University. Her research focuses on the development of aggression and other behavior problems in children and adolescents, with an mphasis on how family, peer, and cultural contexts contribute to or protect against these outcomes.
Diane L. Putnick, Ph.D., is a researcher and statistician with the Child and Family Research Section of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Her research interests include child and family processes across cultures.
Kofi Marfo is Professor and Founding Director, Institute for Human Development, Aga Khan University (East Africa, South-Central Asia, and United Kingdom). His scholarly interests include developmental science and practice, advancement of a global science of human development, and philosophical issues in behavioral science and education research. He coleads an African child development research capacity enhancement initiative, co-convenes the African Child Development Scholars Workshop series, and has most recently co-edited Child Development in Africa: Views from inside (Serpell and Marfo, 2014), a volume in New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development.
Content
GENDER IN LOW- ANDMIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES
CONTENTS
I. GENDER IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES: INTRODUCTION
Marc H. Bornstein, Diane L. Putnick, Robert H. Bradley, Kirby Deater-Deckard, and Jennifer E. Lansford
II. GENDER IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES:
GENERAL METHODS
Marc H. Bornstein, Diane L. Putnick, Robert H. Bradley, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Jennifer E. Lansford, and Yumiko Ota
III. THE ROLE OF PHYSICAL CAPITAL ASSETS IN YOUNG GIRLS' AND BOYS' MORTALITY AND GROWTH IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES
Robert H. Bradley and Diane L. Putnick
IV. MOTHERS' AND FATHERS' PARENTING PRACTICES WITH THEIR DAUGHTERS AND SONS IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES
Marc H.Bornstein and Diane L. Putnick
V. DAUGHTERS' AND SONS' EXPOSURE TO CHILDREARING DISCIPLINE AND VIOLENCE IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES
Kirby Deater-Deckard and Jennifer E. Lansford
VI. GIRLS' AND BOYS' LABOR AND HOUSEHOLD CHORES IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES
Diane L. Putnick and Marc H. Bornstein
VII. GENDER IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES: REFLECTIONS, LIMITATIONS, DIRECTIONS, AND IMPLICATIONS
Marc H. Bornstein, Diane L. Putnick, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Jennifer E. Lansford, and Robert H. Bradley
REFERENCES ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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COMMENTARY
CONTEXT AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF A GLOBAL SCIENCEOF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: A COMMENTARY
Kofi Marfo
CONTRIBUTORS STATEMENT OF EDITORIAL POLICY
SUBJECT INDEX
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CONTENTS
I. GENDER IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES: INTRODUCTION
Marc H. Bornstein, Diane L. Putnick, Robert H. Bradley, Kirby Deater-Deckard, and Jennifer E. Lansford
II. GENDER IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES:
GENERAL METHODS
Marc H. Bornstein, Diane L. Putnick, Robert H. Bradley, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Jennifer E. Lansford, and Yumiko Ota
III. THE ROLE OF PHYSICAL CAPITAL ASSETS IN YOUNG GIRLS' AND BOYS' MORTALITY AND GROWTH IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES
Robert H. Bradley and Diane L. Putnick
IV. MOTHERS' AND FATHERS' PARENTING PRACTICES WITH THEIR DAUGHTERS AND SONS IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES
Marc H.Bornstein and Diane L. Putnick
V. DAUGHTERS' AND SONS' EXPOSURE TO CHILDREARING DISCIPLINE AND VIOLENCE IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES
Kirby Deater-Deckard and Jennifer E. Lansford
VI. GIRLS' AND BOYS' LABOR AND HOUSEHOLD CHORES IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES
Diane L. Putnick and Marc H. Bornstein
VII. GENDER IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES: REFLECTIONS, LIMITATIONS, DIRECTIONS, AND IMPLICATIONS
Marc H. Bornstein, Diane L. Putnick, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Jennifer E. Lansford, and Robert H. Bradley
REFERENCES ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
7
24
33
60
78
104
123
145
171
COMMENTARY
CONTEXT AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF A GLOBAL SCIENCEOF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: A COMMENTARY
Kofi Marfo
CONTRIBUTORS STATEMENT OF EDITORIAL POLICY
SUBJECT INDEX
172
183
185
187