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Multiple role occupancy in midlife
— balancing work and family life in Britain | | Author(s) | Maria Evandrou, Karen Glaser, Ursula Henz |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 42, no 6, December 2002 |
| Pages | pp 781-789 |
| Keywords | Middle aged ; Demography ; Family relationships ; Employment ; Informal care ; Social roles ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | The extent of middle aged people's multiple roles - focusing on work and family commitments - is investigated by analysis of the British Family and Working Lives Survey (FLWS), its coverage including retrospective paid work, caregiving and child co-residence histories. The proportion of individuals in mid life (women aged 49-59, and men aged 49-64) who have multiple roles, in terms of paid work and consistent family care at any one point in time is low (2%). This is primarily due to the small proportion (7%) of people in this age group who are caring for a dependent. Being older, unmarried and in poor health significantly reduces the number of roles held by men and women. Although the frequency of multiple role occupancy, and intensive multiple role occupancy, is low on a cross-sectional basis, a much higher proportion of individuals have ever occupied multiple roles over their life course (14%). The findings should help inform the debate on how UK policy can best help those endeavouring to balance paid work, family life and caring responsibilities. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030305205 A |
| Classmark | SE: S8: DS:SJ: WJ: P6: TM5: 3F |
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