Attitudes to work as a parent

In keeping with the previous two sections, it is important to include questions on

their attitudes towards work as a parent. Balancing work and parental responsibilities

can be difficult for new parents and as such it is important to understand how these

parents view the split of time and responsibilities between their jobs and their

child/children. This is not just in the view of work as detrimental to parenting, as it

can also have some positive connotations in that space, which should be captured.

These attitudes may shift as the child develops and grows their own personality

amidst changing needs, so should be repeated for this wave.

The main sub-topics/measures that could be continued from Cohort 24 at age 9

months are (a) items on the effects of being a working parent and (b) an item asking

about work-life balance.

Recommendations for Cohort 24 at age 3:

•Repeat items from Growing Up in Australia on effects of being a working parent from Cohort 24 at age 9 months.

•Repeat individual item on work-life balance from Cohort 24 at age 9 months.

Household composition