Assignment 3 Final Portfolio Project

Running head: ASSIGNMENT 3: FINAL PORTFOLIO PROJECT1 Assignment 3: Final Portfolio Project American Public University Joseph M. Cardiello SOCI332 03/24/2019

ASSIGNMENT 3: FINAL PORTFOLIO PROJECT 2 Abstract The purpose of this project is to create a 6-8-page paper that completely explores the topic of “Is a woman's preference for ideal number of children impacted by her employment status?” This will properly be clarified in a way that delivers the context and clarification surrounding the analyses provided in this project. Also, all research was founded on openly obtainable statistics from the General Social Survey (GSS).

ASSIGNMENT 3: FINAL PORTFOLIO PROJECT 4 be the perfect circumstances for them. Females appear to be thronging into subdivisions of the work force usually taken over by men. Motherhood discusses upon a woman the accountability of parenting a youth. This procedure also vicissitudes the way in which she is apparent in civilization and at her work. It can require her to take more than obtainable leave choices, and work safety can be in jeopardy. Important communal and individual changes are essential to manage with such a circumstance (Percheski, 2008). An at work mother, particularly one who has the good wealth to be gifted to have sense of balance of her household and work, appreciates the inspiration that a profession or occupation offers. She matures the aptitude of levitating a valuable associate of civilization and at the same time advances monetary individuality. Also, with motherhood, work enhances the wholeness of being a woman. Mothers’ working position aids kids by refining family revenue, better controlled work conduct and better construction of family procedures. Studies have renowned that motherly advanced teaching was initiated to be an important mitigator of likely undesirable penalties for kids whose mothers were employed from monetary need or were feeling part struggle (Kiriti, 2003). Studies originated that working mothers had more optimistic insights and provided more inspiring household surroundings for their kids. They renowned that in single-parent relations, service and constancy are optimistic effects on the mother-child association. Working mothers’ optimistic incentive for employed, low role battles and improvements in self-esteem were related with their promising images of their kids. Conflicting to general certainty, an employed mother can have an optimistic influence on her rising children, but a lot of variables need to be careful. Communal training involves that the woman put home beforehand of their occupation even though no expenditure has been safe in her teaching and education in the direction of being self-governing.

ASSIGNMENT 3: FINAL PORTFOLIO PROJECT 5 Methods The participants are female adults 18 years and older with various types of employment statuses along with nonemployment statuses. The sample represents the adult female population residing in homes inside the United States with no interest of origin, if the participant articulates English or Spanish. National Data Program for the Social Sciences (NDPSS): The National Science Foundation funded the research, and the data was collected in 2016. The data was collected from conducting face-to-face meetings, as well as completing phone calls, along with computer aided questioning. The independent and dependent variables level of measurement is ordinal. Findings IV Variable: Wrkstat Statistics Labor force status N Valid 2864 Missing 3 Mean 3.03 Median 2.00 Mode 1 Std. Deviation 2.326 Variance 5.412 Labor force status Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent Valid WORKING FULLTIME 1321 46.1 46.1 46.1 WORKING PARTTIME 345 12.0 12.0 58.2 TEMP NOT WORKING 57 2.0 2.0 60.2 UNEMPL, LAID OFF 118 4.1 4.1 64.3 RETIRED 574 20.0 20.0 84.3 SCHOOL 76 2.7 2.7 87.0 KEEPING HOUSE 284 9.9 9.9 96.9

ASSIGNMENT 3: FINAL PORTFOLIO PROJECT 7 Total 1821 63.5 100.0 Missing IAP 980 34.2 DK, NA 66 2.3 Total 1046 36.5 Total 2867 100.0 Well, to summarize the findings of my Dependent Variable, Chldidel. I find that 46.3% of the female participants think 2 children is the ideal number of children for a family to have, 26.2% think 3 children is the ideal number of children for a family to have, and 10.7% think 4 children is the ideal number of children for a family to have. With, most of the female participants in this survey are full time worker with the highest frequency and valid percent, 2 children are the ideal number of children for a family to have. However, the standard deviation would be 1.9 with a variance of 3.6. Obviously, the female participants would have to consider how many kids, they would like to have established on the time they have presented to devote to their kids.

ASSIGNMENT 3: FINAL PORTFOLIO PROJECT 8 IV Variable: Wrkstat Well, to summarize the findings of my Independent Variable, Wrkstat. Approximately, more than 1,250 participants are working full time, from 500-750 participants are retired, and 250-500 participants are working part time and keeping house while the less than 250 participants are either temp not working, unemployed/laid off, in school, and other. DV Variable: Chldidel

ASSIGNMENT 3: FINAL PORTFOLIO PROJECT 10 or 1, 4, 5, 6, more than 7 children are ideal for a family to have. However, around 200-300 participants feel as if it’s ideal for a family to have as many children as they want. IV Variable: Wrkstat Statistics Labor force status N Valid 2864 Missing 3 Mean 3.03 Median 2.00 Mode 1 Std. Deviation 2.326 Variance 5.412 DV Variable: Chldidel Statistics Ideal number of children N Valid 1821 Missing 1046 Mean 3.22 Median 3.00 Mode 2 Std. Deviation 1.920 Variance 3.686 Info valuation continually starts with explanation variables one-at-a-time. Infrequently this is labeled to as univariate (one-variable) valuation. Central tendency suggests to the central of the distribution. Dispersal or variation suggests to the degree that values in a distribution are feast out or dispersed. Case Processing Summary   Cases Valid Missing Total N Percent N Percent N Percent

ASSIGNMENT 3: FINAL PORTFOLIO PROJECT 11 Ideal number of children * Labor force status 1820 63.5% 1047 36.5% 2867 100.0%   Ideal number of children * Labor force status Crosstabulation Count     Labor force status Total WORKING FULLTIME WORKING PARTTIME TEMP NOT WORKING UNEMPL, LAID OFF RETIRED SCHOOL KEEPING HOUSE OTHER Ideal number of children 0 7 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 13 1 18 6 0 4 2 0 4 2 36 2 429 86 19 27 177 20 65 20 843 3 227 52 13 14 94 15 48 14 477 4 66 19 3 9 54 8 31 4 194 5 9 8 2 2 4 1 7 2 35 6 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 6 SEVEN+ 5 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 11 AS MANY AS WANT 78 34 4 8 48 4 22 7 205 Total 842 211 41 65 382 49 181 49 1820     Symmetric Measures   Value Asymptotic Standard Error Approximate T b Approximate Significance Interval by Interval Pearson's R .073 .023 3.101 .002 c Ordinal by Ordinal Spearman Correlation .109 .023 4.663 .000 c N of Valid Cases 1820       a. Not assuming the null hypothesis. b. Using the asymptotic standard error assuming the null hypothesis. c. Based on normal approximation. ANOVA Ideal number of children Sum of Squares df Mean Square F Sig. Between Groups 70.139 7 10.020 2.736 .008

ASSIGNMENT 3: FINAL PORTFOLIO PROJECT 13 have, 26.2% think 3 children is the ideal number of children for a family to have, and 10.7% think 4 children is the ideal number of children for a family to have. With, most of the female participants in this survey are full time worker with the highest frequency and valid percent, 2 children are the ideal number of children for a family to have. Approximately, more than 1,250 participants are working full time, from 500-750 participants are retired, and 250-500 participants are working part time and keeping house while the less than 250 participants are either temp not working, unemployed/laid off, in school, and other.

ASSIGNMENT 3: FINAL PORTFOLIO PROJECT 14 References Percheski, C. (2008). Maternal Employment After a Birth: Examining Variations by Family Structure. IDEAS Working Paper Series from RePEc. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1698934633/ Boyd, S., & Boyd, S. (1997). Challenging the public/private divide: feminism, law, and public policy. Toronto, [Ontario]; University of Toronto Press. Kiriti, T., & Tisdell, C. (2003). Family Size, Economics and Child Gender Preference: A Case Study in the Nyeri District of Kenya. Retrieved from http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/105583/ Cayley, J. (1989). Adolescent construal of adult roles. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/303796190/