One Hundred Working Women [microform] : Balancing Employment and Child Care / Caroline Zinsser and Betsy Andrews
- Bib ID:
- 5495671
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Zinsser, Caroline
- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1988
- 71 p.
- Summary:
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This report studied the employment and child care arrangements of 100 women who worked at a municipal hospital in Manhattan. Eighty-three women in the study were minorities, one-half were single mothers and three-quarters had low paying entry level jobs. Most of the mothers worked full-time, full-year, and during regular daytime hours. The study was conducted through questionnaires administered individually in a conferernce room at the work place. In addition to data on employment and child care arrangements, longitudinal data for each year of the youngest child's lifespan was gathered. Results indicate that the majority of women had been working before the birth of their youngest child, and that they returned to work when the child was very young. Half of the women earned less than $514 per week, the average wage in New York City. Group care for infants and toddlers was not a common choice, although limited subsidized child care and early childhood education were frequently selected for 3- and 4-year-olds. Wages and child care fees were also studied. Women earning lower wages paid less for child care than did women with higher earnings. Child care expenses were relatively high for low-earning mothers even with the use of subsidized child care. A list of 7 references and an appendix conclude the report. (RJC)
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- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
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