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Title: Are the "Most Advantaged" Children Truly Disadvantaged By Early Maternal Employment? Effects on Child Cognitive Outcomes
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Greenstein, Theodore N. |
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Are the "Most Advantaged" Children Truly Disadvantaged By Early Maternal Employment? Effects on Child Cognitive Outcomes Journal of Family Issues 16,2 (March 1995): 149-169. Also: http://jfi.sagepub.com/content/16/2/149.abstract Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Publisher: Sage Publications Keyword(s): Children, Preschool; Children, School-Age; Cognitive Development; Household Income; Income; Maternal Employment; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT) Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Examined the effects of early maternal employment on the cognitive ability of 2,040 4-6 year old children drawn from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Some scholars have hypothesized that it is the most advantaged of society's children who are negatively affected by early maternal employment. If this is true, advantages such as high levels of cognitive stimulation in the home or household income should not affect cognitive ability as strongly for children of mothers who were employed during early childhood as they do for children whose mothers were not employed. Of 24 possible interaction effects that would confirm this hypothesis, only 1 is significant and not completely consistent with the hypothesis. In terms of effects on cognitive outcomes, the most advantaged children are not disproportionately disadvantaged by early maternal employment. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1995 American Psychological Association, all rights reserved) |
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Greenstein, Theodore N. "Are the "Most Advantaged" Children Truly Disadvantaged By Early Maternal Employment? Effects on Child Cognitive Outcomes." Journal of Family Issues 16,2 (March 1995): 149-169.
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