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Women's caregiving and paid work — causal relationships in late midlife
Author(s)	Eliza K Pavalko, Julie E Artis
Journal title	The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological sciences and social sciences, vol 52B, no 4, July 1997
Pages	pp S170-S179
Keywords	Women as carers ; Middle aged ; Employment ; Hours of work ; Correlation ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	Care of an ill or disabled family member or friend is disproportionately done by women, and typically in late midlife. Because this is also a time in the life course when women's labour force participation peaks, many women faced with caregiving demands have to decide how to balance them with their employment. In this study, the authors use the US National Longitudinal Survey (NLS) of Mature Women, to examine the causal relationship between employment and caring for a sick or disabled friend or relative over a 3-year period. They find that employment does not affect whether or not women start caregiving, but that women who do start any more are likely to reduce their hours of work or stop work altogether. Thus, any causal relationship between employment and caregiving in late midlife is largely unidirectional, with women reducing their working hours to meet caregiving demands. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-971125275 A
Classmark	P6:SH: SE: WJ: WKD: 49: 3J: 7T
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