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Title: The Quality of Time Spent with Children among Mexican Immigrants
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Publication Year: 2014
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Abstract: We examine, from a gender and marital status perspective, the effect of duration of residence in the US on the quality and amount of time Mexican immigrant parents spend with their children. For our estimation, we use the American Time Use Survey from 2003 to 2010 and compare the childcare behaviors of Mexicanborn parents to those of three separate groups of US natives. We measure the quality of care by the time spent on primary and secondary childcare activities that differ by the degree of involvement of the parent while the activity is undertaken. We further divide primary care into developmental and nondevelopmental activities according to their influence on the childs intellectual, physical, and social development. Our estimates indicate that, at the time of arrival married immigrant mothers and nonmarried fathers spend less time on developmental childcare and more time on secondary care than comparable US natives. We also find that married immigrant fathers spend less time on developmental care than nonHispanic (NH) whites but the same time as comparable NH blacks and MexicanAmericans. Finally, we find overall evidence that duration of residence improves the childcare behaviors of Mexican immigrants.
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Authors: Kidane, Daniel; Vargas, Andres J
Publisher: Texas Tech University
Data Collections: IPUMS Time Use - ATUS
Topics: Family and Marriage, Migration and Immigration, Other, Race and Ethnicity
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