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Laughlin, Lynda Lvonne.

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Understanding the social and spatial neighborhood context for working mothers: An examination of child care services and outcomes.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Understanding the social and spatial neighborhood context for working mothers: An examination of child care services and outcomes./
作者:	Laughlin, Lynda Lvonne.
面頁冊數:	175 p.
附註:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-01, Section: A, page: 3660.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International68-01A.
標題:	Social structure. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3247283
ISBN:	9781109857627

Understanding the social and spatial neighborhood context for working mothers: An examination of child care services and outcomes.
Laughlin, Lynda Lvonne.

Understanding the social and spatial neighborhood context for working mothers: An examination of child care services and outcomes. - 175 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-01, Section: A, page: 3660.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Temple University, 2006.

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Child care will more than likely continue to grow in its importance to working mothers as maternal employment becomes the norm, rather than the exception. However, previous research has provided a limited view of the role of child care in the everyday lives of working mothers. Much of the research on working mothers' child care experiences is dominated by studies that look at single variable explanations, such as the role of race/ethnicity or class. In this dissertation, I argue that decisions about child care are not made within a vacuum. Instead mothers are embedded in multiple social, economic, and spatial contexts that influence their interest in and capacity to use child care. This study asks, what is the nature of the local child care market and how does the availability of local child care providers shape mothers' child care related decisions? How do individual and neighborhood attributes influence child care use? How do mothers manage work and family demands when faced with spatial constraints, such as the commute to child care?

ISBN: 9781109857627Subjects--Topical Terms:

528995
Social structure.

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520 $a Child care will more than likely continue to grow in its importance to working mothers as maternal employment becomes the norm, rather than the exception. However, previous research has provided a limited view of the role of child care in the everyday lives of working mothers. Much of the research on working mothers' child care experiences is dominated by studies that look at single variable explanations, such as the role of race/ethnicity or class. In this dissertation, I argue that decisions about child care are not made within a vacuum. Instead mothers are embedded in multiple social, economic, and spatial contexts that influence their interest in and capacity to use child care. This study asks, what is the nature of the local child care market and how does the availability of local child care providers shape mothers' child care related decisions? How do individual and neighborhood attributes influence child care use? How do mothers manage work and family demands when faced with spatial constraints, such as the commute to child care?
520 $a This study utilizes innovative new data from the Philadelphia Survey of Child Care and Work to explore some of the ways that the urban social and spatial form structures and constrains the character and accessibility of child care services and its effect on mothers' child care usage and daily routines.
520 $a My findings suggest that the distribution of licensed child care services in Philadelphia has created a "spatial mismatch" between the locations of families and child care providers. Interestingly, it is families that live in neighborhoods with greater economic resources who may have to search further out for child care. In contrast, families in high poverty neighborhoods have greater geographic access to child care centers, but not family day care homes.
520 $a A more significant finding revealed in this dissertation is that mothers and the decisions they make about child care are part of a complex geography that includes access to child care providers and perceptions of neighborhood quality. I use a multilevel statistical approach to determine the role of individual and neighborhood level characteristics on formal child usage for working mothers with at least one child age 6 or younger. I find that most of the variation in the use of formal child care between neighborhoods in Philadelphia is primarily due to individual level factors related to household dynamics and racial/ethnic background. More importantly, I find that mothers with a greater number of child care center slots within a quarter-mile of their home are more likely to use formal child care. However, the number of child care slots available at the neighborhood or Census tract level has no effect on mothers' formal child care usage.
520 $a Lastly, I explore how working mothers manage work and family demands when faced with spatial constraints, such as the commute to child care. I find that mothers who rely on public transportation are the most disadvantaged, while mothers with access to a car have more control over their commute and experience less work-family conflict. However, problems associated with work-family conflict are better explained by demands and resources within the work, family, and social domains.
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