Profilo Economico delle Donne nel Disagio Post-Partum. Un’indagine Empirica Presso l’ospedale Niguarda di Milano

Caruso, Raul and Agresta, Filomena and Sironi, Emiliano (2014): Profilo Economico delle Donne nel Disagio Post-Partum. Un’indagine Empirica Presso l’ospedale Niguarda di Milano.

Abstract

The purpose of this work is the study of the personal characteristics of mothers who requested the child-care benefits of the project called “Fiocchi in Ospedale” in the days immediately following childbirth. The work is based on the results of a survey led at Niguarda Hospital in Milan involving a sample of 120 women, some of them enrolled in the project “Fiocchi in Ospedale”. The results of a probit analysis show that: (i) the unemployment condition of the mother is one of the main predictors for the need for assistance; (ii) there is an inverted “U-shaped” relationship between age of the mother and the need for assistance. (iii) the education of the mother seems to not significantly affect the likelihood of benefits.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• English Title: The Economic Profile of Women in Post-Partum Distress. An Empirical analysis at Niguarda hospital in Milan.
• Language: Italian
• Keywords: childcare, post-partum distress
• Subjects: I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I3 - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty > I31 - General Welfare, Well-Being; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics > J12 - Marriage ; Marital Dissolution ; Family Structure ; Domestic Abuse; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics > J13 - Fertility ; Family Planning ; Child Care ; Children ; Youth

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