Parents with higher education levels have children with higher education levels. However, is this because parental education actually improves the outcomes of children, suggesting an important spillover of education policies, or is it merely that more able individuals also have more able children? This paper proposes to answer this question by using a unique dataset from Norway. Using the refor...

BACKGROUND The positive association between parental socioeconomic position (PSEP) and health among adolescents may be partly explained by dietary behaviour. We investigated the associations between fruit intake, vegetable intake, energy-dense food intake, the Healthy Nutrition Score for Kids and Youth (HuSKY) and parental education in a nationwide, cluster-randomized sample of adolescents in G...

the effect of marital counseling on marital satisfaction of parents of mental retarded children     jenaabadi h [1] *     received: 15 mar , 2012 accepted: 14 jun , 2012    abstract   background & aims: parents of mental retarded children have many problems in maintenance, training and education of their children. these problems have negative impact on parent’s mental health and marital satisfa...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effects of booklet and combining methods (lecture, video, etc.) on parents' awareness of children with beta-thalassemia major disorder. METHODS Two groups of parents (n=30 each) of children with thalassemia were selected randomly. Among educational programmes, in one group booklet and in the other group combined method were used. A questionnaire was designed to gather ...

Intergenerational Education Transmission: Neighborhood Quality and/or Parents’ Involvement? We develop a model that analyzes the impact of residential neighborhood and parents’ involvement in education on children’s educational attainment and test it using the UK National Child Development Study. We find that the better the quality of the neighborhood, the higher the parents’ involvement in chi...

leisure time paves the way for the development of the youth and society. the amount of leisure time varies according to age, gender, and culture. however, in all societies leisure time is seen as an opportunity for the development and exaltation. the study aims to identify the patterns of leisure time activities  among the youth in bojnord. a questionnaire was used to gather the data. 384 quest...

The aim of this study was to investigate familial associations in leisure time physical activity. We used data form the HUNT study, where we included parents form HUNT1 (1984-1986) and their adult offspring form HUNT3 (2006-2008). The family relationship between parents and their offspring was found using their unique 11-digit personal identification number at Statistics Norway. The analysis co...

More than 93 percent of parents place high importance on sex education in both middle and high school. Sex education in middle and high school is widely supported by parents regardless of their political affiliation. Using data from a large diverse sample of 1,633 parents of children aged 9 to 21 years, we examined whether views on sex education differed by parents' political affiliation. More ...

using a semantic differential scale 280 third grade highschool students (male and female) were asked to express their attitudes towards themselves, parents, teachers, and their education. finding indicate possitive correlation between students attitude towards themselves and their education as well as between their attitude towards themselves and their parents.

background: malnutrition is one of the most common hazards which compromise children’s health. previous studies have reported high rates of malnutrition in kohkilouyeh and boyer ahmad. objective: this study was conducted to evaluate the frequency of child malnutrition in yasuj and to explore the association between family characteristics and malnutrition. methods: data were collected from healt...