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Title: Belsky and Eggebeen's Analysis of the NLSY: Meaningful Results or Statistical Illusions?
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1. Vandell, Deborah Lowe
Belsky and Eggebeen's Analysis of the NLSY: Meaningful Results or Statistical Illusions?
Journal of Marriage and Family 53,4 (November 1991): 1100-1103.
Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/353013
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79
Publisher: National Council on Family Relations
Keyword(s): Child Care; Children, Behavioral Development; Maternal Employment

An exchange on "Maternal Employment and Young Children's Adjustment".
BELSKY, JAY and EGGEBEEN, DAVID J. (1991). "Early and Extensive Maternal Employment and Young Children's Socioemotional Development: Children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth" Journal of Marriage and Family 53,4 (November 1991): 1083-1098. Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/353011

In their article in this issue of JMF, Belsky and Eggebeen examine the effects of early and extensive maternal employment on four-to-six-year-old children, using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) data set. They conclude that extensive employment during the first two years is associated with increased behavioral maladjustment in children, with problems particularly manifested in terms of children's extreme noncompliance. Belsky and Eggebeen further argue that this effect is general and pervasive--that is, it is not moderated by children's gender, race, or social class. These are strong arguments, and it is the purpose of this critique to address the accuracy and adequacy of these conclusions.

Before beginning what [the author sees] as significant flaws in analyses and interpretations, the article's strengths [are] highlighted...

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Vandell, Deborah Lowe. "Belsky and Eggebeen's Analysis of the NLSY: Meaningful Results or Statistical Illusions?" Journal of Marriage and Family 53,4 (November 1991): 1100-1103.