기사
Under and Beyond Constraints: Resource Allocation to Young Children from Biracial Families /
- 개인저자
- Cheng, Simon ;, Powell, Brian
- 수록페이지
- 1044-1094 p.
- 발행일자
- 2007.01.06
- 출판사
- University of Chicago Press
초록
[영문]Using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998?99, the authors examine the extent to which biracial families differ from monoracial families in their transmission of resources to young children. In these analyses, the authors demonstrate the utility of distinguishing not only between white-biracial and nonwhite-biracial families and but also between even more refined measures of biracial families (e.g., white father/Asian mother). The authors find that, in most cases, biracial families provide comparable or greater economic and cultural resources to their children than do their monoracial counterparts, but offer fewer advantages in interactional/social resources. This overall pattern remains even after sociodemographic factors are taken into consideration. Exceptions to this pattern also are identified and explored. Implications for our understanding of racial stratification, interracial relations, and the role of both human agency and constraints on intergenerational transmission of resources are discussed.