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Journal Article
Women's work, sibling competition, and children's school performance
1987
Overview
An interpretation is offered of the relationship between fertility, child spacing, family resources, and market work of mothers and the subsequent cognitive skills of grade schoolers as reported by their teachers. Data are obtained from a national survey of time use conducted in 1975-1976 by the Survey Research Center of the University of Michigan. The sample of 77 is limited to 2-parent-present families with preschoolers in 1975-1976 who were reinterviewed successfully in 1981-1982. Large family size is found to have a negative impact on the child's subsequent grade-school performance. In addition, male siblings in nearby age ranges have the most negative impact on performance. Parental resources, as measured by income, education, child-care time, and a mother's reduced market time are associated with greater cognitive skills. Apparently, there is a significant trade-off between a market career and a home career for women.
