The effects of early maternal employment on child cognitive development

Demography

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 369-392

  Waldfogel, Jane ^a   Han, Wen Jui ^b   Brooks Gunn, Jeanne ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTHERS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 0036581477     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3088344     Document Type: Article

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