Family, Work, and Infant Care in Limited Income Latino Migrant Farm-Working and Anglo Non-Migrant Families

Changes in the policy context of limited income families' lives have created new stresses at the intersection of work and family. This research used detailed interviews with limited income working mothers of infants 4 to 18 months old to learn about their work experiences, individual well-being...

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Main Authors Meece, Darrell, Barratt, Marguerite, Kossek, Ellen
Format Report
LanguageEnglish
Published 16.04.2003
Subjects
Agricultural Occupations
Child Care
Child Care Centers
Educational Quality
Employed Women
Family Environment
Federal Programs
Hispanic Americans
Infant Care
Infants
Interviews
Low Income
Low Income Groups
Michigan
Migrant Children
Migrant Problems
Migrant Programs
Migrant Workers
Migrants
Mothers
Parent Attitudes
Policy Analysis
Public Policy
Stress Variables
Well Being
Whites
Work Environment
Michigan
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Summary:Changes in the policy context of limited income families' lives have created new stresses at the intersection of work and family. This research used detailed interviews with limited income working mothers of infants 4 to 18 months old to learn about their work experiences, individual well-being, and perceptions of their infants' experiences in child care. In addition to zero-order associations, a model in which Work Quality mediates associations between Family Stressors and perceptions of infant Care Quality was tested in a sample that included low-income mothers and mothers from migrant farm working families. (Contains 2 tables.) [This research was funded through grants from the Gerber Foundation, Michigan State University Agricultural Experiment Station, and the Michigan State University Vice-President for Research Intramural Grant Program.]