TY  - BOOK
AU  - Craig,Lyn
TI  - Contemporary motherhood: the impact of children on adult time 
SN  - 0754649989
AV  - HQ755.7 .C73 2007
U1  - 306.874091821 22
PY  - 2007///]
CY  - Aldershot, England, Burlington, VT
PB  - Ashgate
KW  - Child rearing
KW  - Study and teaching
KW  - Parenting
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Time measurements
KW  - Families
KW  - Research
N1  - 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
N2  - "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
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