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Source: University of California Press
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1. Goldscheider, Frances Kobrin
Waite, Linda J.
New Families, No Families?: the Transformation of the American Home
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1991
Cohort(s): Mature Women, Young Men, Young Women
Publisher: University of California Press
Keyword(s): Divorce; Dual-Career Families; Family Formation; Family Structure; Marriage; Sexual Division of Labor

Based on the National Longitudinal Survey data, this 303 page book examines the process of social change, focusing on the effects of marriage and divorce on the family. In the context of the development of egalitarian gender roles, the authors ask whether trends in nonmarriage, nonparenthood, and divorce are leading to a future of "no families" or whether the family can become a sharing partnership thereby forming "new families." The book is a systematic assessment of family patterns that have emerged in the 1970s and 1980s as a result of increased employment of women, divorce, nonfamily living, and declining fertility. Detailed analyses of marriage, parenthood, divorce, the division of household labor, husbands' and children's share in household tasks, and the role of husbands, wives, and children in the domestic economy are provided. Family differences by race, region, and community size are also indicated. In light of broader social and demographic processes that affect the family, future trends, e.g., an increasing number of dual career families and alternative families, are projected.
Bibliography Citation
Goldscheider, Frances Kobrin and Linda J. Waite. New Families, No Families?: the Transformation of the American Home. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1991.
2. Robinson, James C.
Toil and Toxics: Workplace Struggles and Political Strategies for Occupational Health
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1991
Cohort(s): Young Men, Young Women
Publisher: University of California Press
Keyword(s): Health Factors; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Job Hazards; Quality of Employment Survey (QES); Working Conditions

Society must struggle to come to terms with the health risks of substances that are central to many production processes in the economy. The wide variation in injury and illness rates across occupations is striking. In seeking to understand worker responses to safety and health risks and to examine the extent that workers perceive their jobs as hazardous, data from three national surveys conducted over the past two decades have queried workers concerning their exposure to health and safety hazards on the job. The 1977 Quality of Employment Survey (QES) asked 1,515 workers a large number of questions concerning the characteristics of their jobs, including thirteen questions on exposure to different types of health and safety hazards. The 1978 and 1980 National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS), asked two questions relating to health and safety hazards and can be combined to provide a relatively balanced portrait of the U.S. work force. The 1984 Louis Harris survey (AFL) asked one question concerning exposure to health and safety hazards. The responses to the specific questions of the three surveys are tabulated throughout the work and cross tabbed with various categories of workers.
Bibliography Citation
Robinson, James C. Toil and Toxics: Workplace Struggles and Political Strategies for Occupational Health. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1991.