abstract: 'Low-income women''s rates of employment have grown dramatically in recent

  years, yet the stability and quality of their employment remain low.

  Using panel data from the Three-City Study following 1,586 low-income

  African American, Latina, and European American women, this study

  assessed associations between women''s employment quality (wages; receipt

  of health insurance) and stability (work consistency; job transitions)

  and their financial, personal, and family well-being. Hierarchical

  linear models assessing within-person effects found that increases in

  wages were associated with improved financial well-being and physical

  health. Average wages over time similarly were associated with greater

  levels of income and financial stability as well as mental and physical

  health at the end of the study. In contrast, few significant

  associations emerged for receipt of health insurance or for the

  stability and consistency of women''s employment. Results have

  implications for programs and policies seeking to support disadvantaged

  women''s employment in order to improve family resources and functioning.'
affiliation: 'Coley, RL (Corresponding Author), Boston Coll, Campion Hall 239A,140
  Commonwealth Ave, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 USA.

  Coley, Rebekah Levine; Lombardi, Caitlin McPherran, Boston Coll, Chestnut Hill,
  MA 02467 USA.'
author: Coley, Rebekah Levine and Lombardi, Caitlin McPherran
author-email: coleyre@bc.edu
author_list:
- family: Coley
  given: Rebekah Levine
- family: Lombardi
  given: Caitlin McPherran
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1037/a0034998
eissn: 1939-1293
files: []
issn: 0893-3200
journal: JOURNAL OF FAMILY PSYCHOLOGY
keywords: maternal employment; poverty; well-being; parenting; maternal health
keywords-plus: 'CHILDRENS ACADEMIC-ACHIEVEMENT; WELFARE-REFORM; MATERNAL EMPLOYMENT;

  WORK; TRANSITION; MOTHERS; PATTERNS; ROUTINES; BEHAVIOR; STRESS'
language: English
month: FEB
number: '1'
number-of-cited-references: '53'
pages: 88-97
papis_id: 47adb5f6ba1b86d80b7044630066ae22
ref: Coley2014lowincomewomens
times-cited: '22'
title: Low-Income Women's Employment Experiences and Their Financial, Personal, and
  Family Well-Being
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000331138000009
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '22'
volume: '28'
web-of-science-categories: Psychology, Clinical; Family Studies
year: '2014'