Council
of Economic Advisers to the President. "Teens and Their
Parents in the 21st Century: An Examination of Trends in Teen Behavior
and the Role of Parental Involvement." Report released
May, 2000. Analysis of the Adolescent Health Study, using a national
probability sample of adolescents and parents.
Gillman,
M.W., Rifas-Shiman, S.L., Frazier, A.L., Rockette, H.R.H., Camargo,
C.A., Field, A.E., Berkey, C.S., & Colditz, G.A. (2000). “Family
dinners and diet quality among older children and adolescents.”
Archives of Family Medicine, 9,235-240. A questionnaire using (24
hour recall) that was mailed to children of participants in the
ongoing Nurses Health Study II.
Global
Strategy Group, Inc., "Talking With Teens: The YMCA
Parent and Teen Survey." Final Report, April, 2000.
National probability sample of teens who were asked to list their
chief concerns. Teens of all ages listed not enough time with their
parents as the top concern.
RGA
Communications, “The 1995 Kentucky Fried Chicken Family
Dinner Survey.” A national pool that that found that
32.8% of parents say they have dinner together "on a regular
basis," 41.3% say they have dinner together "several times
a week," 13.6% have it "once a week" and 10.3% several
times a month. About 58% have the TV on during dinner.
Robert
Putnam, “Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of
American Community.” New York: Simon and Schuster,
2000. Putnam reports on the decline in dinners and vacations, using
national probability samples of married couple households.
Sandra
L. Hofferth, "Changes in American Children's Time,
1981-1997." University of Michigan's Institute for
Social Research, Center Survey, January, 1999. National probability
samples of American families with children ages 3-12, using time
diary data from 1981 and 1997. Findings on how time use is associated
with children's well-being are reported in. Hofferth,
S. L. (2001). How American Children Spend Their Time. Journal of
Marriage and the Family, 63, 295-308. U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services, "Trends in the Well-Being of America's
Children and Youth, 1999." Washington, DC: U.S. Department
of HHS. Compilation of national surveys of teens. |
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