abstract: 'Recovering from childbirth while trying to balance workplace demands and

  stretch financial resources creates multiple stressors in the lives of

  low-income families. New Jersey is one of only three states that offers

  Family Leave Insurance (FLI), a program that enables parents to leave

  their job to bond with and care for their new child with some financial

  support. However, survey research shows that FLI is underutilized by

  low-income populations. Because little is known about the experiences of

  low-income working parents in New Jersey who have used FLI, it has been

  impossible to understand why this is the case. This qualitative study

  used Framework analysis to explore low-income mothers'' experiences

  balancing work and a new child with or without New Jersey FLI, pinpoint

  barriers to FLI use, and identify ways to improve the program. Through

  focus groups and individual interviews, researchers found that lack of

  worker awareness and employer support are major barriers to FLI use. In

  addition, confusion about the program and administrative inefficiencies

  burden those who use it and undermine FLI''s core purposes.

  Recommendations for program improvement include better outreach as well

  as administrative and benefit reforms to ensure that the program

  effectively serves low-income working parents and their children.'
affiliation: 'Setty, S (Corresponding Author), Columbia Univ, Mailman Sch Publ Hlth,
  NCCP, 215 W 125th St, New York, NY 10027 USA.

  Setty, Suma; Skinner, Curtis; Wilson-Simmons, Renee, Columbia Univ, Mailman Sch
  Publ Hlth, NCCP, 215 W 125th St, New York, NY 10027 USA.'
author: Setty, Suma and Skinner, Curtis and Wilson-Simmons, Renee
author-email: ss4358@columbia.edu
author_list:
- family: Setty
  given: Suma
- family: Skinner
  given: Curtis
- family: Wilson-Simmons
  given: Renee
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1080/13668803.2018.1501551
eissn: 1469-3615
files: []
issn: 1366-8803
journal: COMMUNITY WORK \& FAMILY
keywords: 'Paid family leave; work-family policies; low-income families; working

  mothers; policy research; qualitative research'
keywords-plus: PAID MATERNITY LEAVE; EMPLOYMENT; OUTCOMES; HEALTH; WORK
language: English
month: MAR 14
number: '2'
number-of-cited-references: '38'
pages: 141-161
papis_id: d468eb7248eab6eb551ab7147961b83a
ref: Setty2020bondingtime
times-cited: '2'
title: 'Bonding time: low-income mothers and New Jersey''s family leave insurance
  program'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000514932400003
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '2'
volume: '23'
web-of-science-categories: Sociology
year: '2020'