Maternal Labor Force Participation and Child Well-Being in Public Assistance Families

Autor/inn/en	Secret, Mary; Peck-Heath, Claudia
Titel	Maternal Labor Force Participation and Child Well-Being in Public Assistance Families
Quelle	In: Journal of Family Issues, 25 (2004) 4, S.520-541 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0192-513X
DOI	10.1177/0192513X03257761
Schlagwörter	Welfare Services; Mothers; Well Being; Labor Force Nonparticipants; Employment Patterns; Children; Academic Achievement; Child Health + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fürsorgeeinrichtung; Mother; Mutter; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Beschäftigungsstruktur; Child; Kind; Kinder; Schulleistung
Abstract	This study investigated the relationship between maternal labor force participation and the general health and school performance of school-age children in public assistance families. Data were obtained from face-to-face interviews with 97 mothers drawn from a random sample of public assistance recipients in one community. Using a measure of maternal labor force participation over the course of several years, logistic regression analysis revealed positive, but complex, relationships. Children whose mothers had recent, current, or long-term employment were in better health than children whose mothers had been unemployed for more than 2 years. Children's school performance was positively associated with either long-term unemployment or long-term employment, suggesting that the stability of maternal labor force participation, rather than work status per se, was an important factor. The study maintains a needed focus on child outcomes and provides an important conceptualization of maternal labor force participation for use in future welfare reform studies. (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10