Children with Chronic Health Conditions: Family Impact

描述（由申请人提供）： 这个项目研究了 有一个孩子患有慢性病对父母劳动力的影响 （劳动力参与、就业、工作时间和工资）和使用 以雇主为基础的健康保险和儿童保育。我们假设母亲 患有慢性病的妇女的劳动力参与率将降低， 这对孩子的影响，对已婚妇女的影响更大。在共同居住的 父亲们，我们预计有一个患有慢性疾病的孩子， 由于角色的专业化， 在一个家庭中。我们预计，在就业妇女中， 慢性病将增加雇主健康保险的使用， 与就业妇女相比， 看起来健康的孩子这项研究将使用国家 青少年数据纵向调查。 公共政策，如补充安全收入计划和私人 工作场所的政策，如病假时间，是基于假设， 父母的行为与孩子的健康状况有关。但鲜为人知的 关于儿童的健康状况如何影响家庭劳动力和儿童保育 决策这项研究将为这些正在进行的政策辩论提供背景。 该项目还将提供有用的信息，帮助家庭 在他人经验的背景下理解他们的经验， 医生可以使用这些信息提供预期指导， 患者及其家属。

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.