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Parental Employment
Parental
employment is recognized as a key indicator of family economic
security and child well-being. Although parental employment does not
ensure that a family will not be in poverty, it is associated with
higher family income, improved access to health care and a number of
positive child outcomes including better health and academic
achievement.
- According to the 2006-08 American Community Surveys, the
latest data available, approximately 96% of all Pinellas County
families with children under the age of 18 had one or more family
members working, approximately the same percentage as the U.S. and
Florida.
- It is expected, however, that the economic recession, which
commenced in December 2007, resulted in a reduction in the
percentage of families with one or more family members working.
- Married couple families, which represent the largest
proportion of families with children under the age of 18,
accounted for 62% of families with one or more family members
working.
- Families with children under 18 and headed by a single female
accounted for 25% of all families with one or more family members
working, almost three times that of families with a single male
head of household.
Funded Agencies:
The Annie E. Casey Foundation, Kids Count Indicator Brief,
Increasing the
Number of Children Whose Parents Have Stable Employment, July 2009.
Department of Health
(DOH) – Healthy Families
All Neighborhood Family Centers
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