Journal article
Influence of minor children and contribution to household income on work hours of female dentists
Journal of public health dentistry, Vol.73(3), pp.245-251
2013
DOI: 10.1111/jphd.12022
PMID: 23668978
Abstract
To study the association of having minor children and contribution to household income on weekly work hours of Iowa female dentists. A 28-question survey was mailed to all active Iowa dentists. This study represents female dentists who responded to the survey (n = 192; response rate = 63 percent). The dependent variable was whether dentists currently worked full- or part-time (≥ 32 versus <32 hours/week). The associations of having minor children and the percent women contributed toward their household income were then analyzed using stepwise logistic regression, controlling for covariates (alpha = 0.05). Of the respondents, 14.6 percent worked part-time. Females who had no minor children (40.1 percent) were 3.1 times as likely to work full-time (P = 0.0353), and those who contributed >60 percent to household income (57.8 percent) were 3.0 times as likely to work full-time (P = 0.0129). The final regression model indicated that those who contributed >60 percent to household income (P = 0.0096) and had no leave of absence longer than 45 consecutive days within the prior 2 years (P = 0.0483) were more likely to work full-time compared with their counterparts. Iowa female dentists who provided more than 60 percent to household income and had not taken a leave of absence during the past 2 years were more likely to work full-time. The inclusion of leave of absence as a predictor variable negates any additional influence of the presence or absence of minor children in the regression model, indicating that these variables are highly correlated for this population.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Influence of minor children and contribution to household income on work hours of female dentists
- Creators
- Raymond A Kuthy - Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, University of Iowa College of Dentistry, Iowa City, IA, USA; Public Policy Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USAAdrienne D JenningsMichelle R McQuistanTeresa A MarshallFang Qian
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of public health dentistry, Vol.73(3), pp.245-251
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1111/jphd.12022
- PMID
- 23668978
- ISSN
- 0022-4006
- eISSN
- 1752-7325
- Grant note
- name: Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation; name: USDHHS, HRSA, award: T12HP14992
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2013
- Academic Unit
- Preventive and Community Dentistry; Public Policy Center (Archive); Dental Research; Oral Health Policy Research
- Record Identifier
- 9983917681002771
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