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Peer reviewedCherry, Flora F.; Eaton, Ethel L. – Child Development, 1977
Children of 200 low-income families were studied to determine possible deleterious outcomes due to maternal employment in the child's first 3 years of life. When 8-year follow-up data were controlled for maternal variables, 30 differences in outcomes were found, 27 of which favored children of workers. (Author/JMB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education, Employed Parents, Infants
Peer reviewedRosenfield, Abby G. – Child Development, 1980
Analyses were made of the pattern and frequency of mothers' visits to the intensive care nursery for premature infants. Visiting was found to be uncorrelated with medical, socioeconomic, or demographic variables, but was apparently related to significantly higher state levels achieved by infants who received a program of early stimulation.…
Descriptors: Hospitalized Children, Hospitals, Infant Behavior, Mother Attitudes
Peer reviewedEngle, Patrice L. – Child Development, 1991
A study of 8 to 35 month olds found that informally employed mothers had more undernourished children than did formally employed or nonworking mothers. With maternal education controlled for, no effects of maternal employment on children's growth patterns were found. Percentage of family income earned by the mother was associated with children's…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Body Height, Body Weight, Day Care
