Work Choices of Mothers in Families with Children with Disabilities

This study used a sample of single and married mothers with children under the age of 20 drawn from the 1992 and 1993 panels of the Survey of Income and Program Participation to examine one facet of the economic implications a child with disabilities brings to a family. Specifically, the choice of w...

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Published in:Journal of marriage and family 2002-11, Vol.64 (4), p.972-981
Main Author: Porterfield, Shirley L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Career Choice
Child care
Children
Decision Making
Disabilities
Disability
Disabled children
Employed Parents
Families & family life
Family
family structure
Family studies
Family Work Relationship
General studies
Handicapped
Labor Force Nonparticipants
Labor Force Participation
Labor Supply
Marital Status
Motherhood and Fatherhood
Mothers
Outcomes of Education
Parenthood
Parenting
Parents
People with disabilities
Poverty
Predictor Variables
School age children
Single Mothers
Sociology
Sociology of the family. Age groups
Stay at home mothers
Wives
women
Workforce
Working Mothers
Young Adults
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Summary:This study used a sample of single and married mothers with children under the age of 20 drawn from the 1992 and 1993 panels of the Survey of Income and Program Participation to examine one facet of the economic implications a child with disabilities brings to a family. Specifically, the choice of women with children to work full time, part time, or not at all was estimated as a function of individual and family characteristics, including the number and ages of children with disabilities. The presence of young children, with or without disabilities, has a significant negative influence on the work choice of both single and married mothers. However, once children enter elementary school, single mothers with disabled or nondisabled children and married mothers with nondisabled children are significantly more likely to enter the labor market or increase their labor market hours than are married mothers of school-age children with disabilities.
ISSN:0022-2445
1741-3737
DOI:10.1111/j.1741-3737.2002.00972.x