Contemporary motherhood : the impact of children on adult time /
Craig, Lyn, 1955-
Contemporary motherhood : the impact of children on adult time / Lyn Craig. - ix, 187 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-158) and index.
Approach, data and method. Calculating the costs of children -- The time penalty of parenthood. Time allocation by couples jointly. Time allocation by men and women individually. time allocation of sole parents -- Gender equivalence or hidden inequity? Thesis: gender convergence in productive activity. Antithesis: gender inequity and the dual burden -- Protecting parental time with kids? Maintaining time with children. How do working mothers maintain time with children? -- Earning capacity versus caring capacity. The pull to the market -- Cross-national comparison of the impact of children on adult time. Welfare regimes, gender and parental care.
"In this book the author provides the first comprehensive account of how parents divide their time between caring for children, housework, paid work and leisure." "Using large-scale quantitative time use data from Australia and other Western countries, the book provides a detailed analysis of the impact of children upon adult time. This research reveals a unique picture of how parenthood affects daily life within households and what happens to people's (paid and unpaid) workload when they become parents."--BOOK JACKET.
0754649989 9780754649984
2007002934
Child rearing--Study and teaching
Parenting--Economic aspects
Time measurements
Families--Research
HQ755.7 / .C73 2007
306.874091821
Contemporary motherhood : the impact of children on adult time / Lyn Craig. - ix, 187 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-158) and index.
Approach, data and method. Calculating the costs of children -- The time penalty of parenthood. Time allocation by couples jointly. Time allocation by men and women individually. time allocation of sole parents -- Gender equivalence or hidden inequity? Thesis: gender convergence in productive activity. Antithesis: gender inequity and the dual burden -- Protecting parental time with kids? Maintaining time with children. How do working mothers maintain time with children? -- Earning capacity versus caring capacity. The pull to the market -- Cross-national comparison of the impact of children on adult time. Welfare regimes, gender and parental care.
"In this book the author provides the first comprehensive account of how parents divide their time between caring for children, housework, paid work and leisure." "Using large-scale quantitative time use data from Australia and other Western countries, the book provides a detailed analysis of the impact of children upon adult time. This research reveals a unique picture of how parenthood affects daily life within households and what happens to people's (paid and unpaid) workload when they become parents."--BOOK JACKET.
0754649989 9780754649984
2007002934
Child rearing--Study and teaching
Parenting--Economic aspects
Time measurements
Families--Research
HQ755.7 / .C73 2007
306.874091821