Work and the family : a study in social demography /

Work and the Family: A Study in Social Demography reports on the investigation of a variety of economic squeezes hypothesized to be characteristic of postwar American society. One is the lower white-collar squeeze where the attainment of white-collar lifestyle aspirations may be impeded by an income...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Oppenheimer, Valerie Kincade
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Academic Press, �1982.
Colección:Studies in population.
Temas:
Work and family > United States.
Children of working mothers > United States.
Cost and standard of living > United States.
Families > United States.
Travail et familles > �Etats-Unis.
Enfants de m�eres au travail > �Etats-Unis.
Co�ut et niveau de la vie > �Etats-Unis.
Familles > �Etats-Unis.
Children of working mothers
Cost and standard of living
Families
Population
Work and family
Geschlechterrolle
Frau
United States > Population.
�Etats-Unis > Population.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; Work and the Family: A Study in Social Demography; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; PART I: AN OVERVIEW; Chapter 1. Analytical Goals and Conceptual Tools; I. ECONOMIC SQUEEZES; II. CAREER AND FAMILY-CYCLE STAGES; III. RELATIVE ECONOMIC STATUSAS A CONCEPTUAL TOOL; IV. EXTENSION OF MODEL; V. CHANGING SEX-ROLE ATTITUDES; VI. DATA SOURCES; VII. CONCLUSION; Chapter 2. Conceptual and Methodological Issues; I. AN INTERMEDIATE CLASSIFICATIONOF OCCUPATIONS; II. CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUESIN LIFE-CYCLE ANALYSES
  • PART II: LIFE-CYCLE SQUEEZESAND THEIR COMPONENTSChapter 3. Career Cycle and Occupational Differentials in Men's Earnings; I. AGE-EARNINGS PROFILES OF MEN BY OCCUPATION:1959 AND 1969 SIMILARITIES; II. THE LOWER WHITE-COLLAR SQUEEZE; III. 1959-1969 CHANGES IN AGE AND OCCUPATIONALPATTERNS OF EARNINGS: A DESCRIPTION; IV. EXPLAINING CHANGES IN THEAGE PATTERNS OF EARNINGS; V. PROSPECTS FOR THE 1980s; VI. CONCLUSION; Chapter 4. The First Life-Cycle Squeeze; I. THE COST OF SETTING UP A HOUSEHOLD; II. MARRIAGE AND THE FIRST SQUEEZE; III. CONCLUSION; Chapter 5. The Second Life-Cycle Squeeze
  • I. THE COST OF CHILDRENII. THE OVERALL PICTURE; III. OCCUPATIONAL DIFFERENTIALS; IV. CONCLUSION; PART III: THE NATURE OF WIVES' SOCIOECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION TO THE FAMILY; Chapter 6. The Effect of Socioeconomic Pressuresand Deterrents on Wives' Labor-Force Participation; I. THE ROLE OF INCOME AND OCCUPATION; II. PAST MARITAL INSTABILITY AS A FACTOR IN WIVES' LABOR-FORCE PARTICIPATION; III. FAMILY-CYCLE STAGE; IV. CONCLUSION; Chapter 7. Wives' Potential Socioeconomic Contribution and Their Labor-Force Status; I. THE SOCIOLOGY OF WOMEN'S ECONOMIC ROLEIN THE FAMILY
  • II. THE LABOR-FORCE IMPACT OF THE POTENTIAL SOCIOECONOMIC ADVANTAGE OF WIVES WORKINGIII. CONCLUSION; Chapter 8. Socioeconomic and Demographic Implications of Wives' Employment; I. EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; II. ECONOMIC IMPACT OF WIVES WORKING; III. CONCLUSION; PART IV: EPILOGUE; Chapter 9. Life-Cycle Squeezes and Adaptive Family Strategies; I. CONCEPTUALIZATION; II. GROUP I AND II WHITE-COLLAR FAMILIES; III. GROUP III AND IV BLUE-COLLAR FAMILIES; IV. GROUP III AND IV WHITE-COLLAR FAMILIES; V. IMPLICATIONS; APPENDIXES

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