Mothers' Employment, Parental Involvement, and the Implications for Intermediate Child Outcomes

Data from the National Survey of Families and Households are used to investigate how married mothers' work patterns affect the frequency of potentially human capital enriching parent–child activities and, in turn, if these parent–child activities and work patterns are related to children's...

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Published in:Social science research 2001-03, Vol.30 (1), p.25-49
Main Authors: Zick, Cathleen D., Bryant, W.Keith, Österbacka, Eva
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Achievement
Behavior Problems
Behavioural disorders
Child Development
child outcomes
Child psychology
Childrearing Practices
Data analysis
Employment
Family Work Relationship
Homework
Interpersonal relations
Mothers
mothers' employment
Parent-child relations
parental involvement
Parents
Parents & parenting
parent–child time
Reading
Social science research
U.S.A
Working Mothers
Working time
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Summary:Data from the National Survey of Families and Households are used to investigate how married mothers' work patterns affect the frequency of potentially human capital enriching parent–child activities and, in turn, if these parent–child activities and work patterns are related to children's subsequent behavior and academic achievements. The analyses suggest that both parents in employed-mother households engage in reading/homework activities with their children more frequently than do parents in households where the mother is not employed. Increases in the frequency of reading/homework activities and playing/project activities are found to be related to fewer behavioral problems and higher grades. At the same time, the direct effect of a mother's employment during the preschool years generally has no effect on intermediate child outcomes.
ISSN:0049-089X
1096-0317
DOI:10.1006/ssre.2000.0685