More than Motherhood: Reasons for Becoming a Family Day Care Provider

Autor/in	Armenia, Amy B.
Titel	More than Motherhood: Reasons for Becoming a Family Day Care Provider
Quelle	In: Journal of Family Issues, 30 (2009) 4, S.554-574 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0192-513X
DOI	10.1177/0192513X08324379
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Motivation; Child Care; Multivariate Analysis; Child Caregivers; Caregiver Attitudes; Career Choice; Racial Differences; Surveys; Illinois + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Multivariate Analyse; Caregiver; Caregivers; Carer; Child; Children; Rassenunterschied; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung
Abstract	This article examines motivations for entering family day care work as they relate to responsibilities of motherhood and the prominence of these motivations for the women providing day care within and across groups of workers. Using data from a large-scale representative survey of family day care workers in Illinois, the author examines the range of reasons for job entry. The author also uses cluster analysis to categorize workers by the common patterns of these reasons and uses demographic, family, and work characteristics to predict membership in these categories. The finding is that the majority of family day care workers are trying to meet a broad range of mothering responsibilities--including economic provision and commitments to kith, kin, and community--rather than focusing only on physical and emotional care of their own children. Furthermore, these differences vary strongly by race. (Contains 2 notes and 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10