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Title: National Evidence on the Influence of Mothers' Employment on Children's Development
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Michael, Robert T. |
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National Evidence on the Influence of Mothers' Employment on Children's Development Presented: Seattle, WA, Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, April 1991 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Publisher: Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Keyword(s): Child Development; Children, Academic Development; Children, Home Environment; Family Income; Gender Differences; General Assessment; Maternal Employment; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT); Tests and Testing Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Using data on 1,222 three-to-five-year-old children from the NLSY, this study examines the home environment (Caldwell & Bradley, 1984) as a mechanism for differential effects of mothers' employment. Multiple regression analyses revealed that mothers' employment had a negative impact on boys' PPVT score (Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test) in middle income but not in low income families. However, when the HOME score was added to the model, maternal employment effects were negative for boys in both income groups. Within low income, but not middle income families, maternal employment was related to higher HOME scores. Thus, absence of mother per se seems to be detrimental to all boys, but in low income families, this adverse effect is offset by added cognitive stimulation (HOME score) that mothers' earnings make possible. |
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Michael, Robert T. "National Evidence on the Influence of Mothers' Employment on Children's Development." Presented: Seattle, WA, Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, April 1991. |