Mothers’ and Fathers’ Work Hours, Child Gender, and Behavior in Middle Ch…

This study examined the association between typical parental work hours (including nonemployed parents) and children’s behavior in two-parent heterosexual families. Child behavior was measured by the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) at ages 5, 8, and 10 in the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study (N=4,201 child-year observations). Compared to those whose fathers worked fewer hou…