abstract: 'The advent of the Global Financial Crisis reminds us that modern

  epidemiological research has consistently demonstrated links between the

  socio-economic circumstances of families and children''s health and

  development. Drawing on data from the Longitudinal Study of Australian

  Children, this article firstly examines the evidence for

  intergenerational transmission of socio-economic disadvantage from

  parents to young children. It then examines parents'' jobs as another

  source of social inequality. Results confirm that children''s healthy

  development is affected by family income, by parents'' hours of work and

  by the quality of parents'' jobs. Job combinations that include long work

  hours of mothers and fathers and poorer quality jobs are associated with

  elevated rates of parental mental health problems, less time spent in

  developmentally important activities with children, and socio-emotional

  developmental difficulties for children. The evidence suggests that

  these effects are greater within low income families. These findings

  highlight the need for social and economic policies to move beyond

  simplistic notions of promoting parental workforce participation as a

  way of reducing the adverse effects of social disadvantage. A more

  nuanced approach is required that considers the additional impacts of

  the quality and characteristics of jobs, especially for the parents of

  young children.'
affiliation: 'Nicholson, JM (Corresponding Author), Parenting Res Ctr, Melbourne,
  Vic, Australia.

  Nicholson, Jan M., Parenting Res Ctr, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.

  Nicholson, Jan M., Murdoch Childrens Res Inst, Murdoch, WA, Australia.

  Nicholson, Jan M., Queensland Univ Technol, Ctr Learning Innovat, Brisbane, Qld
  4001, Australia.

  Strazdins, Lyndall, Australian Natl Univ, Natl Ctr Epidemiol \& Populat Hlth, Canberra,
  ACT 0200, Australia.

  Brown, Judith E., Univ New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia.

  Bittman, Michael, Univ New England, Discipline Sociol, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia.

  Bittman, Michael, Univ Oxford, Ctr Time Use Res, Oxford OX1 2JD, England.'
author: Nicholson, Jan M. and Strazdins, Lyndall and Brown, Judith E. and Bittman,
  Michael
author_list:
- family: Nicholson
  given: Jan M.
- family: Strazdins
  given: Lyndall
- family: Brown
  given: Judith E.
- family: Bittman
  given: Michael
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2012.tb00263.x
eissn: 1839-4655
files: []
issn: 0157-6321
journal: AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ISSUES
keywords: 'social determination of health; intergenerational transmission of

  disadvantage; parents'' combined job status; effects of parent''s job on

  children''s health; health effects of recession'
keywords-plus: 'SOCIOECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE; COGNITIVE FUNCTION; WORK; FAMILY;

  INEQUALITY; CHILDHOOD; ADOLESCENTS; EMPLOYMENT; POSITION; POVERTY'
language: English
number: '4'
number-of-cited-references: '63'
orcid-numbers: 'Strazdins, Lyndall/0000-0001-5158-6855

  Nicholson, Jan/0000-0002-0305-0017'
pages: 505-525
papis_id: a5ac575bf9bf02396016a968d5803fae
ref: Nicholson2012howparents
times-cited: '4'
title: How parents' income, time and job quality affect children's health and development
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000208855400005
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volume: '47'
web-of-science-categories: Social Issues
year: '2012'