ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the relationship between maternal employment and violence toward children. Research on maternal employment provides varying evidence as to the possible relationship between mother's employment and violence toward children. Surveys of violence toward children report an inverse relationship between rates of violence. The total family income did affect the relationship between the rate of Overall Violence and employment. An examination of the age of the "referent child" and the relationship between violence and employment provides some insight into the "time at risk" hypothesis which proposes that the more time mothers and children spend together, the more opportunities there are for violence or abuse. One of the factors that was related to the impact of maternal employment on the rate of Overall Violence toward children was perceived excess domestic responsibility. The national survey was planned and carried out to ask and answer broad questions about the incidence, nature, and causes of violence in the home.
