Life-Course Effects of Work and Family Circumstances on Children

How do work and family circumstances shape young children's emotional well-being and behavior? To what extent can parental resources act as buffers against adverse effects? We investigate these questions using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth for a synthetic cohort of 2,342 s...

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Published in:Social forces 1997-12, Vol.76 (2), p.637-665
Main Authors: Cooksey, Elizabeth C., Menaghan, Elizabeth G., Jekielek, Susan M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Adults
Behavior
Behavior Problems
Child Behavior
Child development
Child psychology
Child Welfare
Children
Children & youth
Cohort analysis
Economic conditions
Educational Attainment
Elementary School Students
Emotions
Employed Parents
Employment
Familial factors
Families & family life
Family
Family Characteristics
Family Environment
Family life
Family Work Relationship
Fathers
Households
Individual behaviour
Life events
Long Term Effects
Mothers
National Longitudinal Survey of Youth
Parent Background
Parent Child Relations
Parent Child Relationship
Parents
Parents & parenting
Psychological aspects
Psychological wellbeing
Psychology
Resilience (Personality)
Self esteem
Social aspects
Social forces
Social welfare
Sociology
Sociology of the family. Age groups
Spouses
Theory
Thinking Skills
U.S.A
USA
Well being
Work
Work (Labor)
Working life
Working Mothers
Youth problems
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Summary:How do work and family circumstances shape young children's emotional well-being and behavior? To what extent can parental resources act as buffers against adverse effects? We investigate these questions using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth for a synthetic cohort of 2,342 six- and seven-year-old children born to a national cohort of young women between 1979 and 1984. As suggested by a life-course perspective, both maternal resources and current family and parental employment conditions directly impact children's behavior problems. Maternal resources also have indirect effects through current work and family circumstances. Our results suggest that improvements in current work and family circumstances can enhance children's well-being, even for children whose mothers have poorer emotional and cognitive resources.
ISSN:0037-7732
1534-7605
DOI:10.1093/sf/76.2.637