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Family Characteristics

Known as: Characteristic, Family, Characteristics, Family, Family Characteristic 
Size and composition of the family.
National Institutes of Health

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Broader (1)

Family Demography
Family Life Surveys

Narrower (8)

Family SizeFamily Size, AverageFamily Size, CompletedFamily Size, Desired

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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Work and family characteristics as determinants of socioeconomic and sex inequalities in sleep: The Japanese Civil Servants Study.
STUDY OBJECTIVE To clarify whether socioeconomic and sex inequalities in poor sleep quality are explained by socioeconomic and… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
Income, family characteristics, and physical violence toward children.
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Child care quality matters: how conclusions may vary with context.
Three studies examined associations between early child care and child outcomes among families different from those in the… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Emotion regulation in context: the jealousy complex between young siblings and its relations with child and family characteristics.
Jealousy is a social emotion that has received little attention by developmental researchers. The current study examined sibling… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
The Relative Effect of Family Characteristics and Financial Situation on Educational Achievement
Children from poorer backgrounds are generally observed to have lower educational outcomes than other youth. However, the… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Unbinding Time: Alternate Work Schedules and Work-Life Balance
We examine the possibility that alternate work schedules affect perceived work-life imbalance—the “time bind.” The results show… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Neighborhood Attributes as Determinants of Children's Outcomes How Robust are the Relationships?
Estimates of neighborhood effects on children's outcomes vary widely among the studies that seek to identify their existence and… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Testing a theoretical model for examining the relationship between family adjustment and expatriates' work adjustment.
Based on theoretical perspectives from the work/family literature, this study tested a model for examining expatriate families… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Cognitive abilities of Kenyan children in relation to nutrition, family characteristics, and education.
The purpose of this study was to determine whether nutritional factors, family characteristics, and the duration of schooling… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Prediction of IQ and language skill from perinatal status, child performance, family characteristics, and mother-infant interaction.
193 basically healthy working-class and middle-class mothers and their infants participated in a 4-year longitudinal study which… 
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