Early Maternal Employment and Childhood Obesity among Economically Disadvantaged Families in the USA

Autor/inn/en	Coley, Rebekah Levine; Lombardi, Caitlin McPherran
Titel	Early Maternal Employment and Childhood Obesity among Economically Disadvantaged Families in the USA
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 182 (2012) 8, S.983-998 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
DOI	10.1080/03004430.2012.678594
Schlagwörter	Employed Parents; Labor Market; Obesity; Economically Disadvantaged; Low Income Groups; Mothers; Risk; Infants; Correlation; Regression (Statistics); Child Care; Nutrition + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Adipositas; Mother; Mutter; Risiko; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Korrelation; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Ernährung
Abstract	Research indicates a link between maternal employment and children's risk of obesity, but little prior work has addressed maternal employment during children's infancy. This study examined the timing and intensity of early maternal employment and associations with children's later overweight and obesity in a sample of low-income families in low-income urban communities in the USA (n = 322). Logistic regression and propensity score models suggested that mothers' entry into employment when a child was 9-23 months old predicted a higher risk of child overweight/obesity at age 7 in comparison to both earlier entries and remaining out of the labour market for at least two years. This association was more pronounced with full-time work and existed mainly for children who remained in mother care or attended child care centres. Further work is necessary to determine mechanisms for this relationship, such as breastfeeding and nutrition. (Contains 1 note and 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10