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| Meaning of housework and other unpaid responsibilities among older women | | Author(s) | Joanne Altschuler |
| Journal title | Journal of Women & Aging, vol 16, no 1/2, 2004 |
| Pages | pp 143-160 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Older women ; Attitude ; Unpaid work [elderly] ; Housework ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This study explores the meaning and conditions of housework and other unpaid responsibilities for older women. Taped, in-person interviews were conducted with 53 ethnically and economically diverse women aged 54-84 years from the Los Angeles area. The interview guide contained open-ended questions regarding the process of taking on housework and other unpaid responsibilities, and the centrality to personal identity. Participants reported shifts in perceptions of housework as work, the decreased importance of housework with age, the attitude of care recipients affecting the experience and meaning of unpaid responsibilities, and the impact of historical racist events on viewing unpaid responsibilities as opportunity. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-041006206 A |
| Classmark | BD: DP: GH: GH6: 3F: 7T |
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