Korean Journal of Human Ecology (한국생활과학회지)

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Factors Influencing the Use of Multiple Childcare for Working Mothers with Preschool Children

미취학아동을 둔 취업모 가정의 보육·교육서비스 다중이용에 영향을 미치는 요인

  • Kim, Eunji (Korea Women's Development Institute) ;
  • Ahn, Jaejin (Division of Child Welfare & Studies, Sookmyung Women's University)
  • Received : 2013.08.07
  • Accepted : 2013.10.21
  • Published : 2013.10.30
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Abstract

This study examined the childcare use pattern of the working mothers with preschool children and the factors affecting their use of multiple childcare. The 7th wave data of "Korea Welfare Panel Study" were analyzed for this study. The working mothers with preschool children were selected from the data set and a total of 292 working mothers were included in the analysis. More than 70% of the working mothers were using only one kind of childcare, mostly childcare center and kindergarten and 22.5% of the mothers were using more than two of childcare arrangements. Child factors, maternal factors, household factors, and economic factors were included in the hierarchical logistic regression model in the presented order to predict the use of multiple childcare. The results showed that the child's age and maternal education were positively related to the use of multiple childcare, while whether both parents live with the child, number of children within household, and the poverty status were negatively related to the use of it. Based on these results, we can confer that the main motive for multiple childcare use is to provide various experiences for their children.

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