Although researchers argue that single parents perceive more work-family conflict than married parents, little research has examined nuances in such differences. Using data from the 2002 National Study of Changing Workforce (N = 1,430), this study examines differences in home-to-job conflict by marital status and gender among employed parents.…

Understanding the financial well-being of single mothers who care for children with developmental disabilities is important to ensure that public policies can be effectively targeted to support these vulnerable families. The authors analyze data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation to describe income poverty, asset poverty, income,…

Background: This study explored the experiences of working mothers with an adult child with intellectual disabilities to understand how they reconcile paid work and care responsibilities. Methods: Fifteen working mothers in Taiwan with an adult child with intellectual disabilities were interviewed, and an interpretative phenomenological approach…

This study examines work and family characteristics and depressive symptomatology among over 700 working mothers of infants. Working mothers in poorer quality jobs, as well as working mothers who were single or whose infant's health was poorer than that of other infants, reported greater depressive symptomatology. The effect of job quality on…

This study examined mothers' and fathers' reports of their time spent in their school-age children's care and academic work and the relationships between socioeconomic status and social support variables with fathers' time spent in children's care and academic work within two-parent Mexican immigrant families. Mother and father dyads from 79…

We use a difference-in-difference-in-difference estimator to compare changes in labor force participation, weeks, and hours of work associated with no-fault divorce laws, allowing for differential responses for married women with and without children. Although other research has found that the labor supply of women in general does not respond to…

Using data from the 2003 and 2004 American Time Use Survey, we study the role that socioeconomic factors play in mothers' time choices. We estimate a four-equation system in which the dependent variables are the minutes used in home production, active leisure, market work, and child caregiving. Our results show that mothers' caregiving time…

Examined home environments of children whose mothers were married/working, married/nonworking, or divorced/working across an 18-month period. Home environments of children from divorced/working homes were found to be less cognitive and socially stimulating than those of married homes. Home environments of the married families with and without…

The increasing participation of women in the labor force has generated research concerning how employed women are perceived by others. Less research has been done concerning how working mothers, particularly those with very young children, are perceived. This study examined how adults viewed working mothers or young children and investigated…

Analyzed postnatal labor force participation data for married husband-present women (N=736) to study factors influencing length of time out of work force following first birth. Found human capital variables (education, prebirth work experience, and income) and marital and birth-timing variables (age at first marriage and first birth) significantly…

Examined maternal employment from perspective of child, using data from 1960, 1970, and 1980 Public Use Samples of United States Census. Results showed that most important factors determining probability of preschool child having employed mother were number of preschool siblings; child's age; mother's education level, age, and marital status; and…

Analyzes eight years of panel data from 895 White married women, with husband present, who had a first birth prior to the 1978 interview to investigate social-psychological factors that may affect exit from the labor force prior to the birth event and reentry following the birth event. (Author/ABB)

Examined impact of maternal employment, marital status, and perceived maternal stress on children's adjustment and mother-preschool child interaction in 104 married and 99 divorced families. Results indicated that maternal employment had little impact on these variables. Maternal stress, in form of divorce and daily maternal hassles, demonstrated…

The employment status of nurses was examined in the context of a role-conflict/job-satisfaction model. Data were analyzed from questionnaires from 4,191 nurses currently employed in hospitals or not employed at all. The sample was from a major metropolitan area in the Midwest. The most satisfying aspects of nursing work were shown to be working…

This report combines the techniques of multistate life table analysis with the human capital theory of wages to derive new estimates of the impact of children on hours of market work and earnings for American women aged 15 to 55 years old. The impact of fertility on female labor force behavior is analyzed, and opportunity expenditures (the money…