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Effects of Maternal Job Quality on Children's Reading Achievement
Document Type: Open Access
Degree Program
Sociology
Degree Type
Master of Arts (M.A.)
Year Degree Awarded
2008
Month Degree Awarded
September
Primary Subject Category
Sociology
Secondary Subject Category
Psychology
Keywords
Children, Child Development Supplement, Panel Study of Income Dynamics, quality of maternal employment
Advisor(s) or Committee Chair
Budig, Michelle J
Tomaskovic-Devey, Donald
Abstract
I explore the relationship between quality of maternal employment and children’s reading achievement between six to thirteen years of age using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. The hypotheses assert that job quality in terms of level of autonomy, supervisory power, complexity with people, data and things, and family benefits have significant positive effects on children’s reading achievement. The least squares estimates indicate that complexity, power, and autonomy has significant positive effects for children while the effects of family benefits is weak with the exception of the positive effect of union membership for racially disadvantaged groups.
Recommended Citation
Yetis Bayraktar, Ayse, "Effects of Maternal Job Quality on Children's Reading Achievement" (2008). Masters Theses. Paper 205.
http://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/205
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