Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Schneider, Barbara L.
2. Waite, Linda J.

Description

1. xxiii, 553 pages; 24 cm

Summary

1. "A recent study of 500 families, which focuses on middle-class dual-career families in eight communities across the US, provides a holistic view of the complexities of work and family life experienced by parents and their children. This unique study has resulted in an unusually rich data set due to the variety of methods used. Drawing on the study, this book explores how dual-earner families cope with the stresses and demands of balancing work and family life, whether the time parents spend working is negatively affecting their children, how mothers feel managing both work and household responsibilities, and what role fathers are taking in family life. In answering these questions the authors argue for a new balance between work and family life. The book with its rich data, findings, and commentary from an interdisciplinary group of scholars provides a valuable resource for academics, policy makers, and working parents."--Jacket.

Subject

1. Dual-career families > United States
2. Middle class families > United States
3. Work-life balance > United States
4. Work and family > United States
5. Dual-career families
6. Middle class families
7. Work and family
8. Work-life balance
9. Mittelstand
10. Berufstätigkeit
11. Eltern
12. Familie
13. Tweeverdieners
14. Gezin
15. Taakverdeling
16. dual career couple
17. work life balance
18. family responsibilities
19. parent
20. working mother
21. work at home
22. time budget
23. ménage à double carrière
24. conciliation travail-vie personnelle
25. responsabilités familiales
26. mère exerçant un emploi
27. travail à domicile
28. budget temps
29. pareja con doble carrera
30. equilibrio trabajo-vida
31. responsabilidades familiares
32. padres
33. trabajadora madre de familia
34. trabajo a domicilio
35. atribución de tiempo
36. United States
37. USA
38. USA
39. Etats-Unis
40. Estados Unidos

Contents

1. Studying working families : an experiential approach -- Why study working families? / Barbara Schneider and Linda J. Waite -- The design of the 500 family study / Lisa Hoogstra -- Commentary / Joel M. Hektner, Jiri Zuzanek -- Experiences at work and at home -- Overview / Jennifer Hanis-Martin -- Spending time at work and at home : what workers do, how they feel about it, and how these emotions affect family life / Holly R. Sexton -- Commentary / Jerry A. Jacobs, Patricia M. Raskin -- Women's intrinsic and extrinsic motivations for working / Sylvia Martinez -- Commentary / Phyllis Moen -- Momentary emotion and cortisol levels in the everyday lives of working parents / Emma K. Adam -- Commentary / Douglas A. Granger and Elizabeth A. Shirtcliff -- Emotional transmission between parents and adolescents : the importance of work characteristics and relationship quality / Jennifer L. Matjasko and Amy F. Feldman -- Commentary / Reed Larson -- Marriage and family. Overview / Alisa C. Lewin -- The everyday emotional experiences of husbands and wives / Chi-Young Koh -- Commentary / Elaine Wethington, Norval D. Glenn -- Couples making it happen : marital satisfaction and what works for highly satisfied couples / Mark R. Nielsen -- Commentary / William J. Doherty, Scott M. Stanley -- Making it work at home. Overview / Shira Offer -- Measuring the gender gap in household labor : accurately estimating wives' and husbands' contributions / Yun-Suk Lee -- Commentary / Glenna Spitze -- A strategy for working families : high-level commodification of household services / Carolyn P. Stuenkel -- Commentary / Tom Fricke -- Television use and communication within families with adolescents / Nicholas P. Dempsey -- Commentary / Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Robert Kubey -- Religiosity, emotional well-being, and family processes in working families / Jennifer A. Schmidt -- Commentary / Don S. Browning -- Parenting and adolescent development. Overview / Phillip L. Hammack -- Adolescents' assessments of parental role management in dual-earner families / Elaine Marchena -- Commentary / Rena L. Repetti, Tali Klima, and Tamar Kremer-Sadlik -- Imagining family roles : parental influences on the expectations of adolescents in dual-earner families / Matthew N. Weinshenker -- Commentary / Mick Cunningham, Jennifer Glass -- Transmitting educational values : parental occupation and adolescent development / Kimberly S. Maier -- Commentary / Jeylan T. Mortimer -- Following in their parents' footsteps : how characteristics of parental work predict adolescents' interest in parents' jobs / Ariel Kalil, Judith A. Levine, and Kathleen M. Ziol-Guest -- Commentary / Nancy L. Galambos -- Achieving work-life balance : strategies for dual-earner families / Kathleen E. Christensen -- Appendix A. Obtaining accurate measures of time use from the ESM / Jae-Gea Jeong --Commentary / Suzanne M. Bianchi, Kazuo Yamaguchi -- Appendix B. Estimating and imputing incomes for middle-class families / Yona Rubinstein and Casey B. Mulligan -- Commentary / Lars Lefgren, Ross M. Stolzenberg.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 515-541) and index.