The economic impact of work and family issues: child care satisfaction and financial considerations of employed mothers.
This article introduces the role of financial considerations into work-family research by considering the costs and benefits of employed mothers' child care satisfaction. Data from 2 samples offer empirical support for the addition of a fourth factor to a current measure of child care satisfaction so that the measure reflects mothers' satisfaction not only with caregiver attentiveness, communication, and dependability but also with child care-related financial considerations. This article also discusses relationships between child care satisfaction and work-family conflict and job satisfaction for this population. The results of this study provide both organizations and child care providers with a broader picture of the concerns that employed mothers face as they search for reliable, affordable child care.
Poms
Laura Wheeler
LW
Department of Psychology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA. lpoms@gmu.edu
Botsford
Whitney E
WE
Kaplan
Seth A
SA
Buffardi
Louis C
LC
O'Brien
Alison S
AS
D017028:Caregivers; D002654:Child Care; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D004651:Employment / Q000191:economics*; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D009035:Mothers; D014481:United States