Maternal Employment: The Child's Perspective.

Approximately fifty elementary school children from a Canadian city completed a questionnaire related to their perception of having working mothers. Using the statistical technique of path analysis, it was found that older children, girls, and children who stay alone after school feel more negatively affected by their mothers' employment than younger children, boys, and children who are supervised after school. Children's attitudes about their mothers' employment are influenced by their perception of their mothers' feelings about employment These and other findings indicate that children's perceptions of their mothers' employment should be considered in the research on this topic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]