Maternal Employment, Parent Involvement, and Mathematics Achievement among Adolescents.

Muller, Chandra

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ERIC Number: EJ498766

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Publication Date: 1995

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Maternal Employment, Parent Involvement, and Mathematics Achievement among Adolescents.

Muller, Chandra

Journal of Marriage and the Family, v57 n1 p85-100 Feb 1995

Data on 13,881 students and their parents suggests that mother's time in the labor force is clearly only associated with amount of unsupervised time after school and whether parents volunteer at school. Students' gains in test scores over two years are generally independent of maternal employment status. (JPS)

Descriptors: Employed Parents, Employed Women, Higher Education, Latchkey Children, Mathematics Tests, Mothers, Parent Participation, Parent Student Relationship

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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