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Maternal Work And Child-Care Strategies In Peri-Urban Guatemala: Nutritional Effects, Patrice L. Engle
Maternal Work And Child-Care Strategies In Peri-Urban Guatemala: Nutritional Effects, Patrice L. Engle
Psychology and Child Development
Associations of 293 mothers' works for earnings and child-care arrangements with the anthropometric status of their children were examined in urban Guatemala. It was hypothesized that during the period of life in which growth often falters (8 through 35 months), maternal employment could be beneficial for children. Informal workers tended to be poorer, less educated, and have more undernourished children than formal workers or nonworkers. When poverty and mother's education were controlled for, no effects of maternal employment on children's anthropometric growth patterns were seen. However, the percent of the family income the mother earned was positively associated with all …
Social Psychology And The Stimulation Of Recycling Behaviors: The Block Leader Approach, Shawn M. Burn
Social Psychology And The Stimulation Of Recycling Behaviors: The Block Leader Approach, Shawn M. Burn
Psychology and Child Development
Recycling has been touted as an important part of the solution to solid waste problems, yet most citizens still do not recycle, even when recycling is made easy by curbside pickups. This field experiment was designed to increase participation in a city-sponsored curbside recycling program. Citizens who consistently recycled with the city program were approached and asked to be "recycling block leaders." Those who agreed were instructed to give approximately 10 nonrecycling neighbors a persuasive communication advocating recycling and special recycling bags. A second treatment group (of nonrecycling households) had bags and the communication left at their door. Results indicated …