"Work and Family in Industrialized Societies"
by Kamerman, Sheila B (1979)
Abstract
The separation of work and home-or work life and family life-has been identified as one of the most significant characteristics of industrialized societies. 1 The negative consequences, including isolation and depressionfor the at-home wife, the absence of positive adult role models for children, and the increase in concomitant family stress, are well known. 2 This paper is based on a six-country cross-national research study of Alternative Policies for the Care of Children under the Age of Three. The study is sponsored by the German Marshall …
Keywords
Family, Domestic Labour, Division Of Labour, Gendered Labour, Parenting, Stress, Child CareLinks to Reference
Citation
Kamerman, Sheila B. “Work and Family in Industrialized Societies.” Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, vol. 4, no. 4, The University of Chicago Press, 1979, pp. 632–50, doi:10.1086/493654.
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