ERIC Number: EJ1124664
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 19
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
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Early Maternal Employment and Children's Academic and Behavioral Skills in Australia and the United Kingdom
Lombardi, Caitlin McPherran; Coley, Rebekah Levine
Child Development, v88 n1 p263-281 Jan-Feb 2017
This study assessed the links between early maternal employment and children's later academic and behavioral skills in Australia and the United Kingdom. Using representative samples of children born in each country from 2000 to 2004 (Australia N = 5,093, U.K. N = 18,497), OLS regression models weighted with propensity scores assessed links between maternal employment in the 2 years after childbearing and children's skills in first grade. There were neutral associations between maternal employment and children's first-grade skills in both countries. However, there was a slight indication that more time away from parenting was negatively linked to children's behavioral functioning in Australia and employment begun between 9 and 24 months was positively linked to cognitive skills for U.K. children of low-wage mothers.
Descriptors: Child Development, Foreign Countries, Regression (Statistics), Grade 1, Infants, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Child Rearing, Employed Women, Longitudinal Studies
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 1; Primary Education; Elementary Education; Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
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Identifiers - Location: Australia; United Kingdom
Grant or Contract Numbers: DRL0941014