This study was carried out to investigate the child rearing and the need for employer-supported childcare of female teachers. For this purpose, a total of 624 female teachers with children of ages 6 or under were selected from primary, middle and high...
This study was carried out to investigate the child rearing and the need for employer-supported childcare of female teachers. For this purpose, a total of 624 female teachers with children of ages 6 or under were selected from primary, middle and high schools in two cities and one province.
The data were collected from 8th November to 18th December 1993 through questionnaire. Among the total interviewed teachers, 33.0% had thought about giving up their jobs because of difficulties in rearing their children.
One of the biggest problems experienced by the teachers was that there were not appropriate places for day care(59.6%) and the other was that they could not attend their children's schools( 58.6 % ).
The biggest problem experienced by the teachers who had no children was the fact that they had worried about their children's health and diet(87.4%) and then educating their children (86.3%).
38.0% of female teachers who was living with their children let their mothers-in-law to care their children while 47.4% who had no children let their mothers to care their children.
Among total respondants, 89.9% said they would take advantage of employer-supported childcare, which was the reason why we should use employer-supported childcare facilities during the working hours (91.8 %) in highest rank.