This research examines whether employment in a family‐owned business offers parents of young children more flexibility in balancing work and child care responsibilities than employment in nonfamily business situations. Specifically, the study focuses on whether the family business characteristics and work demands of household managers in these families explain the purchase of child care services in the market. The study uses a subsample from the 1997 National Family Business Survey (1997 NFBS). Findings suggest that household managers who work in the family business are far less likely to outsource their child care responsibilities than families that work similar hours outside the family business. Although the idea that family businesses allow more flexibility in the management of work and family has been around for some time, this is the first research to document the relationship between the outsourcing of child care responsibilities and the household manager's involvement in family business operations.

This research examines whether employment in a family-owned business offers parents of young children more flexibility in balancing work and child care responsibilities than employment in nonfamily business situations. Specifically, the study focuses on whether the family business characteristics and work demands of household managers in these families explain the purchase of child care services in the market. The study uses a subsample from the 1997 National Family Business Survey (1997 NFBS). Findings suggest that household managers who work in the family business are far less likely to outsource their child care responsibilities than families that work similar hours outside the family business. Although the idea that family businesses allow more flexibility in the management of work and family has been around for some time, this is the first research to document the relationship between the outsourcing of child care responsibilities and the household manager's involvement in family business operations.

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