title: Difficulties of care-work reconciliation: employed and nonemployed mothers of children with intellectual disability.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Whether employed and nonemployed mothers of children with intellectual disability (ID) have different experiences with reconciliation between care and work has rarely been explored.
  
  
  METHODS
  A survey was conducted in a county in Taiwan and 487 mothers aged younger than 65 and having a child with ID were interviewed face to face at their homes to explore whether there are different factors related to the reconciliation between care and work among employed and nonemployed mothers.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Except for the common ground of mothers' health and care demands, logistic regression revealed work flexibility and care support were important for employed mothers. In contrast, the success of reconciliation for nonemployed mothers was determined by their individual characteristics (i.e., age, marital status, family income).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Reconciliation policies for mothers with different employment statuses need to use different strategies.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Health and Welfare Policy, Research Center for Health and Welfare Policy, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Yueh-Ching
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Chou
authors.forename: Li-Yeh
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Cheng-Yun
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Pu
authors.forename: Heng-Hao
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019988:Children with Disabilities; D004651:Employment / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology; D012931:Social Environment; D012944:Social Support; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013624:Taiwan; D014937:Work; D055815:Young Adult