Growing up in Scotland: change in early childhood and the impact of significant events

Reports on children experiencing parental separation, moving house, parental job-loss and maternal health problems and how these events relate to factors that are known drivers of child outcomes.


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Deacon, S. (2011) Joining the dots: A better start for Scotland's children. [Online] Available: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/343337/0114216.pdf
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Kelly, Y. and Bartley, M. (2010) "Parental and child health". In Hansen, K., Joshi, H. and Dex, S. (Eds.) Children of the 21st Century: The first five years. Bristol: The Policy Press.
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SG (2010) Tackling Child Poverty in Scotland: A Discussion Paper. Edinburgh: Scottish Government. [Online] Available: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/331419/0107865.pdf
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Thomas, C., Benzeval, M. and Stansfeld, S. (2007). Psychological distress after employment transitions: the role of subjective financial position as a mediator. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 61, pp. 48-52.

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