Table 2:
Childcare Precarity at Child Age 3 and Maternal Health at Child Age 9
| Sample N | Poor/Fair Overall Health Odds Ratio aOR (95% CI) | Depression Odds Ratio aOR (95% CI) | Parenting Stress Score Regression Coefficient B (95% CI) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 1 | Model 25 | ||
| Insecure childcare1 | 1716 | 1.29 0.95, 1.75 | 1.15 0.84, 1.59 | 1.69*** 1.27, 2.25 | 1.64** 1.23, 2.18 | 0.29* 0.01, 0.58 | 0.12 −0.16, 0.40 |
| Insecure childcare with missed work2 | 1716 | 1.41 0.99, 2.02 | 1.33 0.90, 1.95 | 1.69** 1.21, 2.37 | 1.58** 1.13, 2.22 | 0.15 −0.20, 0.51 | 0.01 −0.34, 0.37 |
| Inadequate childcare3 | 1716 | 1.68** 1.15, 2.46 | 1.64* 1.11, 2.41 | 1.90*** 1.33, 2.70 | 1.75** 1.22, 2.51 | 0.48* 0.08, 0.87 | 0.09 −0.31, 0.48 |
| Emergency childcare support4 (full sample) | 2836 | 0.59*** 0.44, 0.79 | 0.65** 0.48, 0.88 | 0.66** 0.49, 0.88 | 0.73* 0.54, 0.99 | −0.55** −0.90, −0.20 | −0.45* −0.80, −0.10 |
| Emergency childcare support4 (in childcare only) | 1716 | 0.75 0.48, 1.15 | 0.83 0.52, 1.31 | 0.78 0.50, 1.20 | 0.85 0.55, 1.33 | −0.46 −0.93, 0.004 | −0.41 −0.86, 0.05 |
| Emergency childcare support4 (ever worked ages 1,3,5) | 2701 | 0.56*** 0.42, 0.76 | 0.62** 0.45, 0.85 | 0.64** 0.47, 0.86 | 0.71* 0.52, 0.97 | −0.62** −0.99, −0.26 | −0.54** −0.90, −0.18 |
Models examine associations between childcare precarity risk at age 3 and maternal health at age 9. Poor/Fair Overall Health and Depression estimates are odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals (aOR [95% CI]). Parenting stress results are unstandardized coefficients of change in parenting stress scores with 95% confidence intervals (B [95% CI]). Model 1 controls for child sex, firstborn status, temperament, maternal age, race, ethnicity, education level, work/school status, marital status, income, multiple birth, childcare center use, number of concurrent childcare arrangements; Model 2 controls for all variables in Model 1 plus the corresponding maternal health variable at when child was 1.
p<0.05;
p<0.01;
p<0.001
Having to make special arrangements at least once over the past month because the child’s usual childcare arrangement fell through.
Having to miss work or school at least once over the past month because the child’s usual childcare arrangement fell through.
Having to quit a job, school, or training activity due to problems arranging childcare or keeping a childcare arrangement.
Having someone to count on to help with emergency childcare over the next year.
Parenting stress not assessed in 2 cities at age 1; n=2,467 for full sample and n=1,513 for sample in childcare; n= 2,348 for sample ever worked when child aged 1, 3, or 5.