Mothers at Work Effects on Children's Well-Being [Paperback]

This 1999 volume provides an intimate picture of urban life and how families cope with mothers' employment.This important volume examines the effects of the mother's employment on family life. It starts with a thorough review of previous research and then reports the results of a study designed to answer key questions. The study focuses on 448 families in an industrialized city in the Midwest. They include one- and two-parent families, African Americans and Whites, and a range of economic circumstances.The analysis reveals how the mother's employment status affects the father's role, the mother's well-being, and childrearing patterns, providing an intimate picture of urban life and how families cope with mothers' employment.This important volume examines the effects of the mother's employment on family life. It starts with a thorough review of previous research and then reports the results of a study designed to answer key questions. The study focuses on 448 families in an industrialized city in the Midwest. They include one- and two-parent families, African Americans and Whites, and a range of economic circumstances.The analysis reveals how the mother's employment status affects the father's role, the mother's well-being, and childrearing patterns, providing an intimate picture of urban life and how families cope with mothers' employment.There is perhaps no greater controversy resulting from womens' increasing autonomy than the debate over the effects of a mother's employment on family life and children's well-being. This important volume starts with a thorough review of previous research on this topic and then reports the results of a study designed to answer the key questions that emerge. The study focuses on 448 families with an elementary school child, living in an industrialized city in the Midwest. They include both one-parent and two-parent families, African Americans and Whites, and a broad range of economic circumstances. Extensive data have been obtl£|