The Effect Of Maternal Employment On Children92s Academic Performance

Author : Sandra Jean Zins
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (495 download)

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Download or read book The Effects of Maternal Employment on the Scholastic Performance of Children written by Sandra Jean Zins and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The effects of maternal employment, as contrasted with maternal non-employment, on the scholastic performance of children were studied using a sample of 80 Mount Ogden Junior High seventh grade students and their mothers. The 80 mot hers concerned met the criterion for employment by having worked a forty-hour week outside the home the first six years their child at t ended school or the criteria of non-employment by having never engaged in paid employment outside the home for the first six years of their child's schooling. Of nine areas tested between the two groups no significant difference was found concerning grade point average, reading achievement scores, absenteeism, conduct scores, education of the mother, and the number of hours that the mother and child spent together on a school day. A significant difference at the.01 l eve l was found when comparing the number of children in the family of employed mothers (3. 3 children) to the families of non-employed mothers (4.5 children). A high positive correlation was found between the mother's attitude toward her work or non-work status and the child' s scholastic achievement. It was noted that the study of attitude, in itself, was not sufficient Attitudes must be pursued i n terms of their manifestation in the home, whether they be positively or negatively expressed, and it must be determined whether or not a child in grades one t o s ix can perceive and interpret these manifestations realistically.