Maternal employment and child health in Nepal: The importance of job type and timing across the child's first five years.

ABSTRACT: The increase in female labor force participation (FLFP) in the paid labor market since the mid-1900s is one of the most pronounced family transitions and increasingly a global phenomenon. While this may improve income and bargaining power of the women, it may also increase stress and decrease time with children. Using the Chitwan Valley Family Study in Nepal, we explore the consequences of this transition for children's health by combining newly collected data on child health outcomes, quarterly data on women's employment, and data on households and neighborhoods. Regression models were used to estimate the relationship between FLFP and child health, exploring both the type (wage, salary, or own business) and timing of work across the child's first five years for 860 children born to 793 m

SUBMITTER: Brauner-Otto S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6532054 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature