The impact of parental employment : young people, well-being and educational achievement /
By: Cusworth, Linda.
Series: Studies in cash & care.Publisher: Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2009Description: xvi, 243 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780754675594 (hbk. : alk. paper); 9780754675594:; 0754675599 (hbk. : alk. paper); 9780754698135; 0754698130.Subject(s): Children of working parents -- Psychological aspects | Work and family -- Psychological aspects | Unemployment -- Psychological aspects | Children -- Psychological aspects | Academic achievementDDC classification: 155.924Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Standard Loan | ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 155.924 CUS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0060040 |
Includes appendices, bibliographical references (p. [199]-229) and index.
Introduction -- Parental employment and children's outcomes -- Methodology -- Emotional well-being -- Educational well-being : behaviour and attitudes -- Educational well-being : attainment and progression -- Conclusions.
This study explores the impact of parental employment, or unemployment, on the educational and emotional well-being of their children. The author argues that parental employment patterns have an influence on children in a variety of ways.