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Peer reviewedPresser, Harriet B.; Cox, Amy G. – Monthly Labor Review, 1997
Low-educated employed mothers have a higher prevalence of working nonstandard hours and days, nonfixed daytime schedules, and weekends than do their more educated counterparts. Welfare reformers will have to consider improving the fit between the availability of child care and these working mothers' schedules. (Author)
Descriptors: Day Care, Educational Attainment, Employed Parents, Mothers
Download full textO'Keeffe, Abigail Tuttle – 2001
This study examined: (1) What reasons do mothers of 6- and 15-month-old babies give for returning to work?; (2) Are there broad dimensions of reasons why mothers return to work?; (3) Do the reasons mothers report returning to work differ according to mothers' education, income, occupation, or number of hours at work?; (4) Are the reasons mothers…
Descriptors: Employed Parents, Employed Women, Family Work Relationship, Individual Differences
Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1989
This special report updates a September, 1988 Bureau of National Affairs (BNA) special report, "82 Key Statistics on Work and Family Issues," by presenting 101 new statistics on work and family concerns. Data concern: (1) child care; (2) parental leave; (3) elder care; (4) flexible work schedules; and (5) miscellaneous issues, such as…
Descriptors: Adult Day Care, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Employed Parents
Women's Bureau (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1994
This handbook offers a comprehensive view of the labor force activity of women in the United States and describes a range of legal and socioeconomic developments that have had an effect upon women's participation and progress in the work force. Through numerous statistical charts and tables, the book depicts change and reactions to change in the…
Descriptors: Demand Occupations, Employed Parents, Employed Women, Employment
Bright Horizons Children's Centers, Cambridge, MA. – 1996
Work and family programs are becoming increasingly important in the commercial banking industry. The objective of this survey was to collect information and prepare a commercial banking industry profile on work and family programs. Fifty-nine top American commercial banks from the Fortune 500 list were invited to participate. Twenty-two…
Descriptors: Adult Day Care, Banking, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education
Casper, Lynne M. – Current Population Reports, 1996
This report presents a statistical portion of the child care arrangements working parents use for their preschoolers, and changes observed in those arrangements from 1988 to 1993. Data shown by the Survey of Income and Program participation suggest that: (1) Almost half of preschoolers are cared for by relatives while their mothers are at work;…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Child Caregivers, Child Rearing, Day Care
