Maternal employment and child socio-emotional behaviour in the UK: Longitudinal evidence from the UK Millennium Cohort Study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  McMunn, Anne ^a   Kelly, Yvonne ^a   Cable, Noriko ^a   Bartley, Mel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; CHILDBEARING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; MOTHERS EDUCATION; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84864021907     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2010.109553     Document Type: Article

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