| Description |
viii, 383 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Part one. The changing concept of work and family roles -- The work-family role system / Joseph H. Pleck -- The varying linkages of work and family / Jeylan T. Mortimor and Jane London -- Part two. Economic roles of men and women -- The good-provider role : its rise and fall / Jessie Bernard -- Unemployment : family strategies for adaptation / Patricia Voydanoff -- Mothers' contribution to the family money economy in Europe and the United States / Lee Rainwater -- Housewives as workers / Joann Vanek -- Part three. The impact of occupational conditions on family life -- Jobs and families : impact of working roles on family life / Rosabeth Moss Kanter -- The effects of social class on parental values and practices / Melvin L. Kohn -- Beating time/making time : the impact of work scheduling on men's family roles / Jane Hood and Susan Golden -- Relocation and the corporate family / Maxine Gaylord -- Implications of women's employment for home and family life / Kristin A. Moore and Isabel V. Sawhill -- Dual-career couples who live apart : two types / Harriet Engel Gross -- Part four. Family coordination of work and family roles -- Changing sex roles and family structure / Janet Zollinger Giele -- Mothers' hours : the timing of parenthood and women's work / Pamela Daniels and Kathy Weingarten -- Men's family work : three perspectives and some new data / Joseph H. Pleck -- Male participation in home life : impact of social supports and breadwinner responsibility on the allocation of tasks / Laura Lein -- Interrole conflict, coping strategies, and satisfaction among Black working wives / Algea Othella Harrison and Joanne Holbert Minor -- Dual-career family stress and coping / Denise A. Skinner -- Part five. Social policy to accommodate changing work and family roles -- The myth of the self-sufficient family / Kenneth Keniston -- The single parent and public policy / Alvin L. Schorr and Phyllis Moen -- Directions for day care / Karen Wolk Feinstein -- Family support systems paychecks can't buy / Joyce Sullivan -- Balancing jobs and family life / Halcyone H. Bohen and Anamaria Viveros-Long -- Societal learning / Sheila B. Kamerman and Alfred J. Kahn |
| Analysis |
Work and family |
| Notes |
Bibliography: p.365-383 |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 365-383 |
| Notes |
Also issued online |
| Subject |
Families.
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Sex role.
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Work and family.
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Working class.
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| Author |
Voydanoff, Patricia.
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| LC no. |
83061534 |
| ISBN |
0874845769 (paperback) |
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