Dawnsha R. Mushonga, Mathew C. Uretsky, Bess A. Rose, Angela K. Henneberger
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Abstract
Homeless and low-income students share multiple overlapping risk experiences; however, some studies report little to no observed differences in outcomes between these students (Buckner, 2008). From the cumulative risk perspective, homelessness is perched at the extreme edge of economic insecurity, suggesting that homeless students would encounter additional hardship beyond what may be incurred by the experience of poverty alone (Brumley et al., 2015). Using a continuum of risk framework (Masten et al., 1993), this study leveraged statewide administrative data from a 6th grade cohort of Maryland public school students (N= 52,610) to investigate the association between homelessness and educational and early labor market outcomes, above and beyond the associations linked to poverty. Findings provide support for the continuum of risk in relation to educational outcomes; however, no significant differences were observed in early labor market outcomes, although racial differences were detected. This study underscores the importance of targeted interventions in promoting positive, long-term outcomes, particularly for students who were homeless in adolescence.
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The focus of this multidisciplinary journal is the synthesis of research and application to promote positive development across the life span and across the globe. The journal publishes research that generates descriptive and explanatory knowledge about dynamic and reciprocal person-environment interactions essential to informed public dialogue, social policy, and preventive and development optimizing interventions. This includes research relevant to the development of individuals and social systems across the life span -- including the wide range of familial, biological, societal, cultural, physical, ecological, political and historical settings of human development.