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Child care matters: what educated mothers need before entering the labor market / Suhaida Mohd Amin … [et al.]

Individuals who succeed in higher education are supposedly skillful with very high employability rates and predictable career outcomes. In parallel with that, recent statistics show increasing number of female graduates in higher institutions in Malaysia. However, comparing regional estimates of fem...

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Main Authors: Mohd Amin, Suhaida, Borhan, Halimahton, Ridzuan, Abd Rahim, Mat Saad, Rosfadzimi, Subramaniam, Geetha
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Business and Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia 2019
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Labor. Work. Working class
Hours of labor, Including overtime, shift work, sick leave, vacations
Cost and standard of living
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spelling my.uitm.ir.294012020-04-10T08:20:49Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29401/ Child care matters: what educated mothers need before entering the labor market / Suhaida Mohd Amin … [et al.] Mohd Amin, Suhaida Borhan, Halimahton Ridzuan, Abd Rahim Mat Saad, Rosfadzimi Subramaniam, Geetha Labor. Work. Working class Hours of labor, Including overtime, shift work, sick leave, vacations Cost and standard of living Individuals who succeed in higher education are supposedly skillful with very high employability rates and predictable career outcomes. In parallel with that, recent statistics show increasing number of female graduates in higher institutions in Malaysia. However, comparing regional estimates of female participation rates in the labor market, Malaysian women have a relatively low participation in labor market for decades. Among the educated women surveyed in 2017, 42 percent were outside the labor force while the married ones said they did not work to look after their children. In this qualitative study, nine educated mothers and three experts in the field were interviewed to find the real problems related to child care. The three validated themes were child care costs, availability of child care centers and child care quality. A quality child care center is usually more expensive. Although many qualified centers have been established, not all meet the needs of discerning educated mothers who can choose not to enter or exit the labor market to look after their children. Faculty of Business and Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29401/1/29401.pdf Mohd Amin, Suhaida and Borhan, Halimahton and Ridzuan, Abd Rahim and Mat Saad, Rosfadzimi and Subramaniam, Geetha (2019) Child care matters: what educated mothers need before entering the labor market / Suhaida Mohd Amin … [et al.]. Advances in Business Research International Journal (ABRIJ), 5 (3). pp. 36-46. ISSN 2462-1838 https://abrij.uitm.edu.my
institution Universiti Teknologi Mara
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language English
topic Labor. Work. Working class
Hours of labor, Including overtime, shift work, sick leave, vacations
Cost and standard of living
spellingShingle Labor. Work. Working class
Hours of labor, Including overtime, shift work, sick leave, vacations
Cost and standard of living
Mohd Amin, Suhaida
Borhan, Halimahton
Ridzuan, Abd Rahim
Mat Saad, Rosfadzimi
Subramaniam, Geetha
Child care matters: what educated mothers need before entering the labor market / Suhaida Mohd Amin … [et al.]
description Individuals who succeed in higher education are supposedly skillful with very high employability rates and predictable career outcomes. In parallel with that, recent statistics show increasing number of female graduates in higher institutions in Malaysia. However, comparing regional estimates of female participation rates in the labor market, Malaysian women have a relatively low participation in labor market for decades. Among the educated women surveyed in 2017, 42 percent were outside the labor force while the married ones said they did not work to look after their children. In this qualitative study, nine educated mothers and three experts in the field were interviewed to find the real problems related to child care. The three validated themes were child care costs, availability of child care centers and child care quality. A quality child care center is usually more expensive. Although many qualified centers have been established, not all meet the needs of discerning educated mothers who can choose not to enter or exit the labor market to look after their children.
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author Mohd Amin, Suhaida
Borhan, Halimahton
Ridzuan, Abd Rahim
Mat Saad, Rosfadzimi
Subramaniam, Geetha
author_facet Mohd Amin, Suhaida
Borhan, Halimahton
Ridzuan, Abd Rahim
Mat Saad, Rosfadzimi
Subramaniam, Geetha
author_sort Mohd Amin, Suhaida
title Child care matters: what educated mothers need before entering the labor market / Suhaida Mohd Amin … [et al.]
title_short Child care matters: what educated mothers need before entering the labor market / Suhaida Mohd Amin … [et al.]
title_full Child care matters: what educated mothers need before entering the labor market / Suhaida Mohd Amin … [et al.]
title_fullStr Child care matters: what educated mothers need before entering the labor market / Suhaida Mohd Amin … [et al.]
title_full_unstemmed Child care matters: what educated mothers need before entering the labor market / Suhaida Mohd Amin … [et al.]
title_sort child care matters: what educated mothers need before entering the labor market / suhaida mohd amin … [et al.]
publisher Faculty of Business and Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia
publishDate 2019
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29401/1/29401.pdf
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