Balinese mothers' developmental timetables for young children

The study examined Balinese mothers' expectations for children's developmen t and mothers' child-rearing practices. as influenced by selected variables (child's gender and ordinal position, mother's education. and rural or urb an residence). Rural (n = 100) and urban (n = 100) mothers responded to str uctured questionnaires read aloud to them by trained interviewers who recor ded responses. All children were between 4 and 6 years. Equal numbers of mu le and female children were included curd the entire economic and education al ranges of families were represented. MANOVA results showed significant i nteraction effects of residential location and maternal education on mother s' expectations of children's cognitive, F(2, 170) = 4.31, p = .04 and psyc hosocial development, F(2, 170) = 4.35, p = .01. Significant interaction ef fects were found for maternal education. residential location, child's ordi nal position, and gender F(3, 170) = 5.92, p = .001, on maternal child-rear ing practices. Two developmental timetables were constructed.