Women's decisions about breastfeeding and maternal employment
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The conflict between breastfeeding and employment increases with an increase in working hours. Women engaged in part-time working are more likely to breastfeed than those involved in full-time employment. A discrete-time hazard model predicts that the majority of women stop breastfeeding after they join work. In the US, there is a higher rate of breastfeeding among the non-Blacks than among the Blacks. This is probably because there is less social support and their jobs are less likely to permit breastfeeding.
Publication Name: Journal of Marriage and the Family
Subject: Family and marriage
ISSN: 0022-2445
Year: 1996
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Mothers' labor force participation in New York City: a reappraisal of the influence of household extension
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Multivariate analysis of data on over 8,000 households illustrated that living with coresident adults enhanced the active involvement of Puerto Rican, Dominican, Asian single mothers, foreign-born and mothers of young children in seeking jobs in the labor market. Coresident adults perform various chores within the household, thereby having positive influences on women's labor force decision-making and participation.
Publication Name: Journal of Marriage and the Family
Subject: Family and marriage
ISSN: 0022-2445
Year: 1995
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How do children matter? A comparison of gender earnings inequality for young adults in the former East Germany and the former West Germany
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Research focusing on the former East Germany and the former West Germany considers how having children affects women's and men's employment outcomes. In the former East Germany, family and work policies assisted women in combining childrearing and employment. In the former West Germany, it was more common for women to choose either domestic or paid work.
Publication Name: Journal of Marriage and the Family
Subject: Family and marriage
ISSN: 0022-2445
Year: 2000
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