Gender ideology and motherhood: The consequences of race on earnings
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-1-2007
Abstract
Using a nationally representative US sample, this study explores the relationship between gender ideology and the earnings of African American and white mothers over a 10-year period (1988-1998). We further investigate how factors related to fertility (i.e., age at first birth and the number of children) impact earnings for these mothers. Findings show, that regardless of race, a conservative gender ideology reduces women's earnings but less so for African Americans compared to whites. With regard to fertility, the number of children is detrimental to the earnings of white mothers, but has no effect on the African American mothers in our sample. However, early childbearing does depress the earnings of African American women more so than for their white counterparts. © 2007 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
Publication Title
Sex Roles
First Page Number
689
Last Page Number
702
DOI
10.1007/s11199-007-9292-3
Recommended Citation
Christie-Mizell, C. André; Keil, Jacqueline M.; Kimura, Aya; and Blount, Stacye A., "Gender ideology and motherhood: The consequences of race on earnings" (2007). Kean Publications. 2515.
https://digitalcommons.kean.edu/keanpublications/2515