Allocation Time and Consumption Childcare of Working Mother in Palembang City

Abstract

This study tries to analyze the influence of time allocation and consumption of child care early age of working mother who selected the type of child care in Palembang city. Data were collected by interviews, questionnaires and literature. Technical analysis of the data using binary logistic regression of two dependent variables where chosen daycare or non-daycare. The first result showed that the cost of childcare (RC) utility nondaycare Child care is higher than the Daycare, the second states that the allocation of a number of domestic hour (Ld) and the number of hours of child care at home (Lm) non-daycare utility greater than the Daycare. The number hours of other working mothers (Lx) is not a significant influence on the utility possibility of working mothers choosing child care. But simultaneously the respondent can allocate time above the average of 3.89 hours per day for utilities possibility of working mothers. The results of this study different from the other finding that working mothers have more less the allocation of time domestic and have hours of leisure on weekdays and have much time of domestic child care at home and working hours on weekends.