| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 187 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-158) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Approach, data and method -- The time penalty of parenthood -- Gender equivalence or hidden inequity? -- Protecting parental time with kids? -- Earning capacity versus caring capacity -- Cross-national comparison of the impact of children on adult time. |
| Summary |
In this timely book, Lyn Craig employs large-scale quantitative time-use data to provide a unique and comprehensive account of how parenthood affects daily life within households. Suggesting an explanation for why fertility rates are dramatically dropping, this book makes a significant contribution to the debate on contemporary motherhood. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Child rearing -- Study and teaching.
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Child rearing -- Study and teaching. |
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Parenting -- Economic aspects.
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Parenting. |
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Time measurements.
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Time measurements. |
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Families -- Research.
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Families -- Research. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Craig, Lyn, 1955- Contemporary motherhood. Aaldershot, Hampshire ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2007 (DLC) 2007002934 (OCoLC)81940763 |
| ISBN |
9780754685296 (electronic book) |
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0754685292 (electronic book) |
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9780754649984 (alkaline paper) |
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0754649989 (alkaline paper) |
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