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ArticleMaternal and child health journal2024

Implications of Childhood Autism Spectrum Disorder for Maternal Employment: United States vs. Norway.

Idunn Brekke, Andreea Alecu, Celestia Ohrazda, Jiwon Lee

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Article in Maternal and child health journal, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. The disability and care squeeze: the effects of children's disability and special healthcare needs on parents' employment in Australia.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2026
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Idunn BrekkeDepartment of childhood and families, Division of Mental and Physical Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, PO Box 222, Skøyen, Oslo, N-0213, Norway. idunn.brekke@fhi.no.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8737-0762
Andreea AlecuConsumption Research Norway, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway.
Celestia OhrazdaBurton Blatt Institute, Syracuse University, New York, U.S.A.
Jiwon LeeSchool of Nursing, Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.

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Abstract

objectivesA country's social welfare system may play an important role in maternal employment. This study compared the labor market participation of mothers of children within the United States (U.S.) and Norway to examine whether the child's age and severity of the ASD affected mothers' employment differently between the two countries.

methodsThe 2019 National Survey of Children's Health was used for the U.S. analysis, and the 2019 administrative register data were used for the Norwegian analysis. A logit model was used to analyze the impact of a child's age and ASD severity on maternal employment in the U.S. and Norway. We presented the results as average marginal effects obtained from the logistic regression analyses.

resultsAfter adjusting for mothers' sociodemographic variables and the child's age, U.S. mothers of children with mild ASD and moderate/severe ASD had respectively 12 and 25% points lower probability of being employed than U.S. mothers of children without special health care needs. In Norway, mothers of children with moderate/severe ASD had a 13% points lower probability of employment than mothers without special health care needs. The probability of being employed for mothers caring for a child with ASD was significantly greater as the child got older in both countries. CONCLUSIONS FOR PRACTICE: The employment gap was more substantial in the U.S. than in Norway. A general high employment participation rate among women and an elaborated welfare state and policy package seem to benefit employment among mothers of children with ASD in Norway.

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Autism Spectrum DisorderEmploymentMothersAdolescentAdultChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansMaleNorwaySurveys and QuestionnairesUnited StatesAutism Spectrum DisorderComparative ResearchLogistic RegressionMaternal Employment

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