Chatterji Pinka, Markowitz Sara, Brooks-Gunn Jeanne
Department of Economics, University at Albany, BA 111A, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12222, USA
J Popul Econ. 2013 Jan 1;26(1):285-301. doi: 10.1007/s00148-012-0437-5.
This study uses data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study on Early Child Care to examine the effects of maternal employment on maternal mental and overall health, self-reported parenting stress, and parenting quality. These outcomes are measured when children are 6 months old. Among mothers of 6-month-old infants, maternal work hours are positively associated with depressive symptoms and parenting stress and negatively associated with self-rated overall health. However, maternal employment is not associated with quality of parenting at 6 months, based on trained assessors' observations of maternal sensitivity.
本研究使用了美国国立儿童健康与人类发展研究所早期儿童保育研究的数据，以检验母亲就业对母亲心理和整体健康、自我报告的育儿压力以及育儿质量的影响。这些结果是在孩子6个月大时进行测量的。在6个月大婴儿的母亲中，母亲的工作时长与抑郁症状和育儿压力呈正相关，与自我评定的整体健康呈负相关。然而，根据训练有素的评估人员对母亲敏感性的观察，母亲就业与孩子6个月大时的育儿质量无关。
