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The powerful influence of the environment in facilitating or hindering child development is a necessary concern in this study of changing families. Much research in recent years has shown the importance of social factors in contributing to health, educational attainment, job opportunities and life chances of all kinds (for example, Spence, etal., 1954; Miller, et al., 1974; Douglas, 1964; Douglas et al., 1968; Davie et al., 1972; Wedge and Prosser, 1973).
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Lambert, L., Streather, J. (1980). The Environment and Child Development. In: Children in Changing Families. National Children’s Bureau series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-16377-9_2
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