Maternal Employment Should Be Studied within Social Ecologies

A comment on Jay Belsky & David Eggebeen's (1991 [see abstract 9717597]) study of the effect of maternal employment on child development takes issue with their interpretation of the data. An effort to replicate Belsky & Eggebeen's & subsequent analyses of three sets of potentia...

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Published in:Journal of marriage and family 1991-11, Vol.53 (4), p.1103-1107
Main Authors: McCartney, Kathleen, Rosenthal, Saul
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
An Exchange on Maternal Employment and Young Children's Adjustment
Child care
Child Development
Children
Control variables
Datasets
Day care
Ecological modeling
Employment
Family Research
Methodological Problems
Methodology (Data Analysis)
Modeling
Shyness
Statistical variance
Working Mothers
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Summary:A comment on Jay Belsky & David Eggebeen's (1991 [see abstract 9717597]) study of the effect of maternal employment on child development takes issue with their interpretation of the data. An effort to replicate Belsky & Eggebeen's & subsequent analyses of three sets of potential moderating variables suggests that the link between maternal employment & adjustment is weak. It is contended that secondary analyses should be considered exploratory, & established safeguards rigorously employed. It is concluded that the potential developmental risk of maternal employment or child care should be assessed using complex social ecology modeling. 2 Tables, 9 References. C. McSherry
ISSN:0022-2445
1741-3737
DOI:10.2307/353014