This paper uses variation induced by mass layoffs and firm closings to explore the intergenerational effects of family income shocks. Previous studies have argued that mass layoffs and firm closings can be thought of as exogenous employment shocks. Using a Canadian panel of administrative data that follows over 100,000 father-child pairs from 1978 to 1999, and includes detailed information abou...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of overweight / obesity in schoolchildren, and to investigate its association with parents' nutritional status, socioeconomic factors and food consumption. METHODS Cross-sectional study with 1,223 schoolchildren, 7 to 10 years old from Florianópolis, SC. We collected anthropometric measures directly and dietary intake of previous day; parents' data were co...

In the context of high and rising rates of parental employment in Australia, we investigated whether poor quality jobs (without security, control, flexibility or paid family leave) could pose a health risk to employed parents' children. We examined the extent to which both mothers' and fathers' jobs matter, and whether disadvantaged children are more vulnerable than others. Multiple regression ...

This paper uses variation induced by firm closures to explore the intergenerational effects of worker displacement. Using a Canadian panel of administrative data that follows almost 60,000 father-child pairs from 1978 to 1999 and includes detailed information about the firms at which the father worked, we construct narrow treatment and control groups whose fathers had the same level of permanen...

this study was designed to investigate the occupational stressors on teachers and their evaluation in schools firoozkooh city. in this study, statistical sample is 174 male and female teachers of schools in the education of firoozkooh so that they are selected using quota sampling and citing morgan as an example. in this study, data were analyzed using independent t-test. results of this study ...

Shared decision making between children and parents is required in orthodontics. This study compared agreement among mothers, fathers, and children regarding the oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) of children. A sample of 71 child patients (41 girls and 30 boys) aged 12.6 years with an orthodontic treatment need, together with both their parents completed components of the child OHRQo...

BACKGROUND Recently, there has been a growing awareness of the importance of the roles of fathers in understanding normative developmental processes. Increased attention has been given to the roles of fathers in the area of clinical child research and therapy. However, the presence of fathers in research and treatment in pediatric psychology has not been fully examined. OBJECTIVE To explore t...

Objective: This study investigates (a) whether job commitment and family moderate the positive association between flexible working-time arrangements work hours, (b) childless women men mothers fathers with same levels of equally long hours arrangements. Background: As flexibility increases at many workplaces due to digital technologies overload, so too does risk working longer hours. Although ...

Contemporary Western society has grown to accept and expect fathers’ involvement in the antenatal period and birthing process of their offspring. Fathers are also recognised to share domestic responsibilities, which encompass taking on an active role in caring for and the upbringing of their children [5,7]. Of the limited research centred on fathers in the setting of teenage pregnancy, it has b...