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Title: Maternal Employment and Child Behavior Problems: A Household Economics Analysis
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Greenstein, Theodore N. |
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Maternal Employment and Child Behavior Problems: A Household Economics Analysis Working Paper, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, North Carolina State University, March 1992 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79 Publisher: Department of Sociology and Anthropology, North Carolina University Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Behavioral Problems; Child Care; Education; Fathers, Absence; General Assessment; Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Income; Maternal Employment Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This research employs the household economics approach to study the effects of maternal employment and alternates of child care during infancy on the social behavior of a national sample of children ages four and five years. Mothers from the National Longitudinal Survey's Youth Cohort were asked to rate their child's social behavior using items the Behavioral Problems Index. Four major hypotheses derived from the household economics approach were tested: (1 that household income will interact with indicators of maternal employment in producing effects on child behavioral outcomes; (2) that there is an interaction between household income and use of alternate child care such that children in alternate care from high-income households will tend to have more behavioral problems than children from low-in households; (3) that emotional support level will interact with indicators of maternal employment during infancy; (4) that level of emotional support will interact with type of child care used during infancy. The results of the support the first three hypotheses. Overall, the data do not support the contention that maternal employment or alternate care during infancy--by themselves or in conjunction with characteristics of the home environment such a household income and emotional support--have long-term negative effects on the behavior of young children. |
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Bibliography Citation
Greenstein, Theodore N. "Maternal Employment and Child Behavior Problems: A Household Economics Analysis." Working Paper, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, North Carolina State University, March 1992. |