Non-kin alloparents and child outcomes: Older siblings, but not godparents, predict educational attainment in a rural context

IF 3 1区 心理学 Q1 BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Eric B. Hubbard , Ollie Shannon , Anne C. Pisor
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Abstract

Despite increasing evidence of non-kin contributions to cooperative childrearing, explicit investigation of non-kin allomaternal care remains rare, meaning we have little data to evaluate why non-kin provide care and whether non-kin investment translates into benefits for mothers or children. Here, we examine the role of godparents—kin and non-kin allomothers that often invest in both mothers and children—to investigate whether having a godparent translates into benefits in terms of the godchild's educational attainment. Among adults in two rural Bolivian communities, we find that having a godparent, whether kin or non-kin and regardless of where they live, does not predict years of education, finishing high school, or pursuing higher education. Instead, having more older siblings predicted educational attainment on all these dimensions. We make recommendations for how field researchers can better assess the impact of non-kin allomothers in future research.

非亲缘关系的异父异母关系与儿童结果:在农村地区,年长的兄弟姐妹(而非干爹干妈)能预测受教育程度
尽管有越来越多的证据表明非亲缘关系对合作抚养子女做出了贡献,但对非亲缘关系异母照料的明确调查仍然很少见,这意味着我们几乎没有数据来评估非亲缘关系提供照料的原因,以及非亲缘关系的投资是否转化为母亲或子女的利益。在这里,我们研究了教父教母--通常对母亲和孩子都有投资的亲缘和非亲缘同母异父者--的作用,以调查拥有教父教母是否会转化为教子受教育程度方面的益处。在玻利维亚两个农村社区的成年人中,我们发现,无论教父教母是亲属还是非亲属,也无论他们住在哪里,拥有教父教母并不能预测受教育年限、完成高中学业或接受高等教育的情况。相反,拥有更多的年长兄弟姐妹却能预测所有这些方面的受教育程度。我们就实地研究人员如何在今后的研究中更好地评估非亲缘异母关系的影响提出了建议。
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Evolution and Human Behavior
Evolution and Human Behavior 生物-行为科学
CiteScore
8.30
自引率
9.80%
发文量
62
审稿时长
82 days
期刊介绍: Evolution and Human Behavior is an interdisciplinary journal, presenting research reports and theory in which evolutionary perspectives are brought to bear on the study of human behavior. It is primarily a scientific journal, but submissions from scholars in the humanities are also encouraged. Papers reporting on theoretical and empirical work on other species will be welcome if their relevance to the human animal is apparent.
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