When Low-Income Mothers Go to Work: Implications for Children.

Zaslow, Martha J.; Emig, Carol A.

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ERIC Number: EJ553157

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1997

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When Low-Income Mothers Go to Work: Implications for Children.

Zaslow, Martha J.; Emig, Carol A.

Future of Children, v7 n1 p110-15 Spr 1997

Reviews research from the late 1960s through the present that considers how maternal employment affects children in low-income families. Most studies have indicated that children are not harmed when mothers go to work, but it is noted that the women in these studies entered employment voluntarily. (SLD)

Descriptors: Child Welfare, Children, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Patterns, Literature Reviews, Mothers, Poverty, Social Problems, Urban Youth, Welfare Recipients, Welfare Reform, Working Poor

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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