Description
Book SynopsisUsing data from the first 2 phases of the NICHD Study of Early Child Care, we examine the links between maternal employment in the first 12 months of life and cognitive, social, and emotional outcomes for children at age 3, at age 4.5, and in first grade. Drawing on theory and prior research from developmental psychology as well as economics and sociology, we address 3 main questions. First, what associations exist between 1st year maternal employment and cognitive, social, and emotional outcomes for children in the first seven years of life? Second, to what extent do any such associations vary by the child''s gender and temperament or the mother''s occupation? Third, to what extent do mother''s earnings, the home environment (maternal depressive symptoms, sensitivity, and HOME scores), and the type and quality of child care mediate or offset any associations between 1st-year employment and child outcomes, and what is the net effect of 1st-year maternal employment once these factors
Table of Contents
1. INTRODUCTION.
2. METHODS.
3. WHAT DISTINGUISHES WOMEN WHO WORK FULL-TIME, PART-TIME, OR NOTAT ALL IN THE 1ST YEAR?
4. FIRST-YEAR MATERNAL EMPLOYMENT AND CHILD COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT.
5. FIRST-YEAR MATERNAL EMPLOYMENT AND CHILD SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
6. ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN 1ST-YEAR MATERNAL EMPLOYMENT AND INCOME, HOME ENVIRONMENT, AND CHILD CARE.
7. STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING ANALYSES OF THE LINKS BETWEEN 1ST-YEAR MATERNAL EMPLOYMENT AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT.
8. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS.
