abstract: 'For mothers with young children, child care challenges can pose

  significant barriers for their labor force participation. Working

  mothers must arrange for someone else to care for their children when

  working outside the home. Previous research has shown that women with

  children spend less time in the labor force compared to women without

  children. This study used the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing study

  to examine whether a range of child care characteristics, neighborhood

  factors, and individual factors caused mothers of young children to

  leave the work force. The results indicated that child care-related work

  exits are common occurrences for mothers in large urban areas. Of those

  mothers in the FFCW sample who used non-parental child care, more than

  one in ten mothers reported work exits due to child care-related

  problems. Logistic regression analysis further revealed that common risk

  factors for work exits included changing child care arrangements, using

  multiple types of child care, living in neighborhoods with a higher

  percentage of Hispanic population, being African American, and having

  household income between 50 and 99\% of FPL. The findings are useful in

  informing social policies and interventions to help mothers better

  bridge the gap between adequate child care and gainful employment. (C)

  2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.'
affiliation: 'Liu, MR (Corresponding Author), Howard Univ, Sch Social Work, 601 Howard
  Pl NW, Washington, DC 20059 USA.

  Liu, Meirong, Howard Univ, Sch Social Work, Washington, DC 20059 USA.

  Chen, Manrong, SUNY Albany, Sch Social Welf, Albany, NY 12222 USA.

  Anderson, Steven G., Arizona State Univ, Sch Social Work, Phoenix, AZ 85004 USA.

  Anderson, Steven G., Michigan State Univ, Sch Social Work, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA.'
author: Liu, Meirong and Chen, Manrong and Anderson, Steven G.
author-email: 'meirong.liu@howard.edu

  steven.anderson.2@asu.edu'
author_list:
- family: Liu
  given: Meirong
- family: Chen
  given: Manrong
- family: Anderson
  given: Steven G.
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2014.07.013
eissn: 1873-7765
files: []
issn: 0190-7409
journal: CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW
keywords: Working mothers; Child care-related work exits; Neighborhood factors
keywords-plus: EMPLOYMENT; WELFARE; MOTHERS; FAMILY; IMPACT
language: English
month: NOV
number-of-cited-references: '52'
pages: 168-176
papis_id: 92405e7576669733297e3f6b93d0df7e
ref: Liu2014factorsinfluencing
times-cited: '1'
title: Factors influencing child care-related maternal work exits
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000344205500021
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '14'
volume: '46'
web-of-science-categories: Family Studies; Social Work
year: '2014'