Children with Chronic Health Conditions: Family Impact

描述(由申请者提供)：本项目检查结果 生育患有慢性病的孩子对父母劳动力结果的影响 (劳动力参与、就业、工作时间和工资)和使用 雇主为基础的健康保险和儿童保育。我们假设这位母亲 患有慢性病的妇女的劳动参与率将会减少 这对已婚妇女的影响会更大。在共同居住的人中 父亲们，我们预计孩子患有慢性健康状况 由于角色的专业化，将增加劳动力参与度 在一个家庭里。我们预计，在有工作的女性中，与 慢性病将增加雇主为基础的医疗保险的使用， 与有工作的女性相比，是否会减少使用非亲属育儿服务 孩子们看起来很健康。这项研究将使用国家 青少年儿童数据纵向调查。 公共政策，如补充安全收入计划和私人政策 工作场所政策，如病假时间，是基于以下假设的 父母的行为与孩子的健康状况有关。然而，人们对此知之甚少 关于儿童的健康状况如何影响家庭劳动力和儿童保育 决定。这项研究将为这些正在进行的政策辩论提供背景。 该项目还将为家庭提供有用的信息，因为他们寻求 在他人经历的背景下理解他们的经历，并 医生可以利用这些信息为患者提供前瞻性指导 病人和他们的家人。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This project examines the consequences of having a child with chronic conditions on parental labor force outcomes (labor force participation, employment, hours worked, and wage) and use of employer-based health insurance and child care. We hypothesize that maternal labor force participation will be reduced for women with a chronically ill child and that the effect will be greater for married women. Among co-resident fathers, we anticipate that having a child with a chronic health condition will increase labor force participation because of the specialization of roles within a family. We anticipate that among employed women, having a child with a chronic condition will increase use of employer-based health insurance and will decrease use of using non- relative child care compared to employed women with apparently healthy children. This study will use the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth Child Data. Public policies such as the Supplemental Security income program and private workplace policies such as sick leave time are based on assumptions about parents' behavior relative to their child's health status. Yet little is known about how a child's health status influences family labor force and child care decisions. This study will provide context to these ongoing policy debates. The project will also provide information useful to families as they seek to understand their experience in the context of the experience of others and to physicians who can use the information to provide anticipatory guidance to patients and their families.