Data Collection Process
In 1989-1990 she observed white and black children from two third grade classrooms in a small Midwestern town, Lawrenceville, and interviewed the mothers, fathers, and guardians of the children as well as the school professionals working with the children. Then in 1992-1993 she received a grant from the Spencer Foundation to study a third grade classroom in Lower Richmond, an urban school district. In order to do this, she hired and trained 5 research assistants in 1993, who would carry out in-depth interviews with the families. Lareau and her research team started out with 40 families and later chose 12 of the 40 families for more intensive visits. In early 1994, they visited the families 20 times each, roughly two to three hours at a time, and accompanied them on various outings and appointments. The research assistants analyzed the data, transcribed the interviews, and wrote a few co-authored papers on the findings in 1996. Lareau wrote the first draft of her book Unequal Childhoods in 1999 and completed the book by 2002. Unequal Childhoods was discussed by Malcolm Gladwell in his book Outliers.
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