A longitudinal study of maternal labour force participation and child academic achievement

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1013-1024

  Horwood, L John ^b   Fergusson, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Educational attainment; Employment; Longitudinal studies; Social factors

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; COMPREHENSION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NEW ZEALAND; NORMAL HUMAN; RACE; READING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; WORD RECOGNITION;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0032821491     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021963099004345     Document Type: Article

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