Table 6 Related research on maternal employment and children’s being overweight

Phipps, Lethbridge, and Burton [49]

Average hours work per week (15 h)

Canada

2.7 percentage points

Chia [29]

average hours work per week (10 h)

Canada

2.5 percentage points

Ruhm [30]

average hours work per week (20 h)

United States

3.0 ~ 4.5 percentage points

Von Hink Kessler Scholder [31]

Full time employment

Britain

5.5 ~ 5.7 percentage points

Courtemanche [33]

average hours work per week (10 h)

United States

1.6 percentage points

Ziol-Guest et al. [52]

average hours work per week (10 h)

United States

1.2 percentage points

Courtemanche, Tchernis, and Zhou [38]

average hours work per week (10 h)

United States

6.6 ~ 8.1 percentage points

This study

Predicted employment growth rates (1 percentage point)

United States (Arkansas)

0.5 percentage points