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Title: MATERNAL EMPLOYMENT PATTERNS DURING THE FIRST SIX YEARS AND CHILD OUTCOMES AT AGE 15
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Publication Year: 2016
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Abstract: Much research has investigated the association between maternal employment and child outcomes. Although most studies examined maternal employment at one point in time, mothers employment paths may not be static. Using data from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (N = 712), we find that a majority of mothers change employment hours more than twice across the 16 waves from their childrens infancy through kindergarten, supporting the notion that mothers typically take a flexible work pathway. Older age, fewer children, relationship dissolution, and work-orientation are related to a continuous full-time work pathway than a flexible work hours pathway, whereas more children, family-orientation, no professional occupation prior birth, higher family income, and lone parenthood at birth are related to a continuous nonwork pathway. More children and having a college degree are related to a continuous reduced work pathway. Controlling for these background characteristics, a continuous full-time work pathway is negatively related to childrens academic ability and positively related to risk-taking behavior at age 15 compared to a flexible work pathway. A continuous reduced work pathway is positively related to childrens outcomes at bivariate level, but the associations are not found after controlling for background characteristics.
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Authors: Nomaguchi, Kei; Fettro, Marshal N
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Institution: The Center for Family and Demographic Research
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Publisher Location: Bowling Green State University
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Family and Marriage, Gender
Countries: United States