Maternal work conditions and child development

Understanding the SES Gradient in Early Child Development: Maternal Work, Home Learning, and Child Care Decisions

This paper examines the impacts of family inputs — i.e., maternal employment, child care and home learning — on the early development of British children. Using rich longitudinal data from the UK Millennium Cohort Study we estimate cognitive and non-cognitive achievement production functions that allow outcomes to depend on the history of family inputs and unobserved child endowments. We find e...

Maternal depression and child development

Maternal depression is considered a risk factor for the socioemotional and cognitive development of children [1]. The current prevalence of depression in Canada averages at 6%, which is similar to the rates in other western countries [2] (the female-to-male ratio average is 2:1 [3]). However, the prevalence of postpartum depression is approximately 13% [4]. Women of childbearing age are particu...

Maternal and Child Health: - Work together and learn together for maternal and child health handbook-.

It was quite a while ago that I studied in Boston as a Takemi Fellow, but the days I spent in the scholarship program still remain one of the most exciting and fruitful periods of my life. It was a year in which I encountered many different people, learned a lot, and came to realize many things that I hadn’t noticed before. The participants of the program included a number of brilliant people f...

Maternal hypothyroidism and child development. A review.

Maternal Depression, Mothering and Child Development

Depression is a highly prevalent disorder of affect characterized by persistent sadness or anhedonia (an inability to experience pleasure), typically accompanied by additional symptoms such as negative cognitions (selfperceptions of failure, feelings of guilt, and/or suicidal thoughts), somatic dysfunction (fatigue, loss of appetite, fatigue, disturbances in sleep), and impairment in daily func...