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

Oleh:

Secret, Mary ; Peck-Heath, Claudia

Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Family Issues vol. 25 no. 4 (May 2004), page 520-541.
Topik: public assistance; child well - being; maternal employment and welfare; child well - being and welfare; maternal employment and child well - being
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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 froma 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 performancewas 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.

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