TY - JOUR
T1 - Mothers' transitions from welfare to work and the well-being of preschoolers and adolescents
AU - Chase-Lansdale, P. Lindsay
AU - Moffitt, Robert A.
AU - Lohman, Brenda J.
AU - Cherlin, Andrew J.
AU - Coley, Rebekah Levine
AU - Pittman, Laura D.
AU - Roff, Jennifer
AU - Votruba-Drzal, Elizabeth
PY - 2003/3/7
Y1 - 2003/3/7
N2 - Results from a longitudinal study of 2402 low-income families during the recent unprecedented era of welfare reform suggest that mothers' transitions off welfare and into employment are not associated with negative outcomes for preschoolers (ages 2 to 4 years) or young adolescents (ages 10 to 14 years). Indeed, no significant associations with mothers' welfare and employment transitions were found for preschoolers, and the dominant pattern was also of few statistically significant associations for adolescents. The associations that did occur provided slight evidence that mothers' entry into the labor force was related to improvements in adolescents' mental health, whereas exits from employment were linked with teenagers' increased behavior problems.
AB - Results from a longitudinal study of 2402 low-income families during the recent unprecedented era of welfare reform suggest that mothers' transitions off welfare and into employment are not associated with negative outcomes for preschoolers (ages 2 to 4 years) or young adolescents (ages 10 to 14 years). Indeed, no significant associations with mothers' welfare and employment transitions were found for preschoolers, and the dominant pattern was also of few statistically significant associations for adolescents. The associations that did occur provided slight evidence that mothers' entry into the labor force was related to improvements in adolescents' mental health, whereas exits from employment were linked with teenagers' increased behavior problems.
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U2 - 10.1126/science.1076921
DO - 10.1126/science.1076921
M3 - Article
C2 - 12624259
AN - SCOPUS:0037423793
SN - 0036-8075
VL - 299
SP - 1548
EP - 1552
JO - Science
JF - Science
IS - 5612
ER -
