Anne McMunn writes here about an area of family life that is often the subject of debate — the impact on children of mothers who are in paid employment. Note the use of important secondary data, in this case two longitudinal studies — the Millennium Cohort Study and the British Household Panel Study.
The important conclusion from this research is that there appear to be no significant negative effects on children if their mother works, and some evidence of potentially beneficial effects. However, note the important concept of ‘behavioural wellbeing’ and what the author says of possible problems in using only parental (usually maternal) reports about this. Note too how this will be modified when the next stage of the research takes place.
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