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Family patterns are undergoing rapid change in our society, in part a consequence of maternal employment. The proportion of employed mothers with children under 18 has shown a steady increase from 1940 to the present (Hoffman, 1984b), and projections are for this trend to continue (Hayghe, 1982). Two-earner families are now prevalent due to the increase of mothers’ employment (Hayghe, 1982). As a result of employment of both husbands and wives, family roles of men and women are changing as well (Hoffman, 1984b; Lamb & Sagi, 1983; Pleck, 1985). It is therefore reasonable to expect that home environments in dual- and single-earner families differ. The goal of this research is to determine how maternal employment relates to home environment and children’s development in a longitudinal study from infancy through the early school years.
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Gottfried, A.E., Gottfried, A.W., Bathurst, K. (1988). Maternal Employment, Family Environment, and Children’s Development. In: Gottfried, A.E., Gottfried, A.W. (eds) Maternal Employment and Children’s Development. Springer Studies in Work and Industry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0830-8_2
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