Jamal Awil

← SocialCapitalCreation-1988

Nuclear families lack the social capital of extended households [causal]

However, the nuclear family itself, in which one or both parents work outside the home, can be seen as structurally deficient, lacking the social capital that comes with the presence of parents during the day, or with grandparents or aunts and uncles in or near the household.

QUESTION: What measurable effects does this structural deficiency have on child development outcomes?

Coleman, SocialCapitalCreation-1988, loc. 154