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Peer reviewedGrossman, Allyson Sherman – Monthly Labor Review, 1982
Various statistics are reported concerning working mothers: age of children and mothers, divorce rate, type of family, race and ethnic origin, number of children in the family, and status of father. (CT)
Descriptors: Children, Divorce, Economic Status, Employed Parents
Peer reviewedHayghe, Howard – Monthly Labor Review, 1984
Data collected about working mothers found that 20 percent more mothers worked in 1984 as worked in 1970; most mothers work full time; 56 percent of children under 18 have working mothers; and in 6.2 million families, the mother is the sole support of the family. (CT)
Descriptors: Day Care, Divorce, Employed Parents, Employed Women
Download full textStewart, Hester R. – 1991
A study was conducted in Kentucky to increase the database available to the state's decision makers concerning women in relation to family status, occupational participation, income and earnings, and issues and concerns that may need greater emphases. Data were gathered through Kentucky government agencies and the U.S. Bureau of the Census as well…
Descriptors: Adults, Birth, Demography, Divorce
Bianchi, Suzanne M. – Population Bulletin, 1990
Data in this population bulletin indicate that in comparison with children of previous generations, today's youngsters are apt to have fewer siblings, and more likely to come from a broken home, have a working mother, and pass time as a latchkey kid. More children are in child care than in the past, and there has been a significant move toward…
Descriptors: Adoption, Children, Day Care, Demography
Real, Mark; And Others – 1995
This report illustrates the conditions facing young Ohioans and measures the success of local communities across Ohio in helping families work. Sections of this report are: (1) "Helping Families Work: An Introduction," which discusses how Ohio families are changing, the limits of government, measuring the success of state and local…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Birth Weight, Child Health, Child Support
Child Trends, Inc., Washington, DC. – 2002
Noting that the great majority of Americans will become parents at some point in their lives, this report uses data from 13 federal or privately-collected nationally-representative studies or other data sources to present a comprehensive statistical picture of how mothers and fathers in America feel about parenting, how they parent, and how they…
Descriptors: Abortions, Birth Rate, Child Care, Child Custody
Human Resources Development Canada, 2003
When Canadian parents look back on their own lives and the lives of their parents, they see changes across a generation that have profoundly affected their parenting experience, compared to when they themselves were young children. Supports for today's parents must take into consideration these changes that affect the care and nurturing of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Environment, Age Differences, Young Children
