Tienda M, Glass J
Demography. 1985 Aug;22(3):381-94.
This paper investigates whether the inclusion of nonnuclear adults in a household facilitates the labor force participation of single and married mothers. Results based on a sample of extended and nuclear households show that the extension mechanism facilitates the labor market entry of married mothers, but not of single mothers. Interactions between extended structure, ethnicity, and poverty, however, suggest a complex relationship. For extended family households, the gender and employment characteristics of nonnuclear adults affected the labor force participation of single mothers, but the number of nonnuclear members was inversely associated with the market activity of married mothers. Policy implications are discussed in the final section.
本文研究了家庭中纳入非核心成年成员是否有助于单身母亲和已婚母亲参与劳动力市场。基于大家庭和核心家庭样本的结果表明，这种扩展机制有助于已婚母亲进入劳动力市场，但对单身母亲则不然。然而，扩展结构、种族和贫困之间的相互作用表明了一种复杂的关系。对于大家庭而言，非核心成年成员的性别和就业特征影响了单身母亲的劳动力参与情况，但非核心成员的数量与已婚母亲的市场活动呈负相关。最后一部分讨论了政策含义。
