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Patterns of paid and unpaid work
— the influence of power, social context, and family background | | Author(s) | Julie Ann McMullin |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 24, no 3, Fall 2005 |
| Pages | pp 225-236 |
| Source | http://www.utpjournals.com |
| Keywords | Employment ; Unpaid work [elderly] ; Housework ; Multi generation families ; Case studies ; Canada. |
| Annotation | Over the last several decades, there have been changes in how paid and unpaid labour is divided between men and women. The rate of women's participation in the labour force has increased, as has men's participation in household labour. Although a plethora of research has considered these changes by analysing couple and individual data, few have examined them within the context of intergenerational families. Using a case study analysis of a three-generation family, this paper shows that gender, class, social context, and family background influence how paid and unpaid work is divided within families. The case study shows that the social context of a given time conditions the options women and men have available to them in negotiating the balance of work and family responsibilities. Yet within this context, family background also matters. Negative childhood experiences were an impetus for adult children negotiating patterns of paid and unpaid labour that were different from those of their parents. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060111202 A |
| Classmark | WJ: GH: GH6: SJC: 69P: 7S |
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