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PubMed1987

[New estimates of child costs in Canada].

"In order to be able to appraise to what extent policy measures compensate for the cost of rearing a child, one needs an estimate of this cost. In this paper, the author presents a new model which is applied to data obtained from the survey of family expenditures, made in 1982 by Statistics Canada. The first part is devoted to the methodological and theoretical considerations on which the model is based, and the second part analyses the estimates of the cost of a child, according to age and rank of the child, and standard of living of the family." (SUMMARY IN ENG AND SPA)

Adolescent↗
PubMed1989

Complex demoeconomics dynamics.

The authors show how various kinds of qualitative long run demoeconomic behavior depend on household preferences, productivity, and the cost of childbearing. In particular, a dominant trend in growth can be interspersed with periods of fluctuation as slowly moving changes in productivity, preference, and child care costs push nonlinearities past crucial bifurcation points. Moreover, nonperiodic, essentially unpredictable demoeconomic behavior is robust, thus suggesting a possible explanation for persistent and substantial errors in population forecasts.

Americas↗
PubMed1990

Subsistence crop deficit and family structure in Sub-Saharan Africa.

The author seeks to provide demographic explanations for the current food crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa. "In the present paper, we will consider the possibility that one of these [explanations] may lie in the way African families are structured, particularly in countries that are still in the first stage of the demographic transition. More specifically, we will examine the following two assumptions: the effects which the rural-urban migration...has on food production may be amplified by the way family labour is divided between the sexes and the different age groups; [and] lower mortality increases the size of the kin group, while rural-urban migration decreases the proportion of family members engaged in agricultural production, thus perturbing the distribution and consumption of subsistence foods."

Africa↗
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Volunteer peer support therapy for abusive and neglectful families.

This project is designed to provide tertiary prevention services to physically abusive and physically neglectful families. The prevention service described, Volunteer Peer Support Therapy, is expected to significantly improve parenting skills and parents' expectations concerning their child, their knowledge about appropriate child behaviors, and coping strategies. The aim of the project is not only to intervene during crises, but also to improve the parent-child relationship on a long-term basis. In order to accomplish this goal, trained volunteers will be matched to the families being treated for physical abuse or physical neglect. The volunteers will be trained to take on roles traditionally performed by professional therapists and case managers. These roles include matching public and private services to the needs of the clients, investigating employment opportunities, and providing parenting role models. A second purpose of the project is to demonstrate the economic advantage of Volunteer Peer Support Therapy. To achieve that goal, a cost-effectiveness analysis will be performed.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
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A parent aide program: record keeping, outcomes, and costs.

As the use of parent aides grows, it is important that plans for developing and administering the services be carefully drawn to enhance the service. The record-keeping system described here evolved in direct response to program objectives and has helped maintain those objectives. It should be emphasized that although the procedures involved appear time consuming and perhaps troublesome, they play an important part in saving program time overall and making an effective service available to as many clients as possible. When the costs of parent aides are compared with those of other services, the results show that the time-limited, goal-oriented focus of this program allows effective services to be delivered economically.

Child↗