Low-income parents: How do working conditions affect their opportunity to help school age children at risk?

Author(s): Heymann, Jody; Earle, Alison
Date Issued: 2000
Description: An inquiry into the link between parents’ working conditions and their ability to help their at-risk children, based on a sample of 1,898 families with at-risk children where mothers worked more than 20 hours per week, taken from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth – Mother and Child Surveys (NLSY)
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Journal Title: American Educational Research Journal
Volume Number: 37
Issue Number: 4
Page Range: 833-848
Topics: Parents & Families > Involvement In Child Care & Early Education > Parent-Child

Parents & Families > Family Characteristics > Families & Work
Country: United States
ISSN: 0002-8312 Paper
1935-1011 Online
Peer Reviewed: yes
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