Mother employment
Overview
- Influence: Mother employment
- Domain: Home
- Sub-Domain: Family structure
- Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Likely to have a small positive impact
- Influence Definition: Whether no, one, or both parents are employed.
Evidence
- Number of meta-analyses: 2
- Number of studies: 88
- Number of students: 307,061
- Number of effects: 1,528
- Weighted mean effect size: 0.05
- Robustness index: 3
Meta-Analyses
| Journal Title | Author | First Author's Country | Article Name | Year Published | Variable | Number of Studies | Number of Students | Number of Effects | Effect Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychological Bulletin | Goldberg, Prause, Lucas-Thompson, & Himsel | USA | Maternal employment and children's achievement in context: a meta-analysis of four decades of research | 2008 | Maternal employment on achievement | 68 | 178,323 | 1,483 | 0.06 |
| Psychological Bulletin | Lucas-Thompson, Goldberg & Prause | USA | Maternal work early in the lives of children and its distal associations with achievement and behavior problems: a meta-analysis | 2010 | Employed vs. unemployed mothers | 20 | 128,738 | 45 | 0.00 |
| TOTAL/AVERAGE | 88 | 307,061 | 1,528 | 0.03 | |||||