Engle P L
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.
Child Dev. 1991 Oct;62(5):954-65. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1991.tb01582.x.
Associations of 293 mothers' work for earnings and child-care arrangements with the anthropometric status of their children were examined in urban Guatemala. It was hypothesized that during the period of life in which growth often falters (8 through 35 months), maternal employment could be beneficial for children. Informal workers tended to be poorer, less educated, and have more undernourished children than formal workers or nonworkers. When poverty and mother's education were controlled for, no effects of maternal employment on children's anthropometric growth patterns were seen. However, the percent of the family income the mother earned was positively associated with all anthropometric indicators, controlling for confounds. Children taken care of by preteen siblings had significantly lower weight for height than those in other situations, even controlling for SES and maternal employment status. These effects were not found in a 36-48-month-old sample.
在危地马拉城，研究了293名母亲的有偿工作及儿童照料安排与其子女身体测量状况之间的关联。研究假设，在生长常出现迟缓的时期（8至35个月），母亲就业可能对子女有益。与正式工或无业者相比，非正规工人往往更贫困、受教育程度更低，其子女营养不良的情况也更多。在控制了贫困和母亲教育程度后，未发现母亲就业对子女身体测量生长模式有影响。然而，在控制了混杂因素后，母亲赚取的家庭收入百分比与所有身体测量指标呈正相关。由十几岁前的兄弟姐妹照料的儿童，即使在控制了社会经济地位和母亲就业状况后，其身高体重比仍显著低于其他情况的儿童。在36至48个月大的样本中未发现这些影响。
