@article{346,
  keywords = {Housing and neighborhood, Education and school, Child behavior},
  author = {Kathleen Ziol-Guest and Claire McKenna},
  title = {Early Childhood Housing Instability and School Readiness},
  abstract = {<p>This study assesses the consequences of housing instability during the first 5 years of a child{\textquoteright}s life for a host of school readiness outcomes. Using data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (n = 2,810), this study examines the relation between multiple moves and children{\textquoteright}s language and literacy and behavior problems at age 5. The moderating role of poverty is further tested in this relation. The findings show that moving three or more times in a child{\textquoteright}s first 5 years is significantly associated with increases in attention problems, and internalizing and externalizing behavior, but only among poor children.</p>
},
  year = {2014},
  journal = {Child Development},
  volume = {85},
  number = {1},
  pages = {103-113},
  url = {http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cdev.12105/full},
}