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Title: Caregiving and Paid Work in Women's Lives
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Pavalko, Eliza K. Artis, Julie E. |
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Caregiving and Paid Work in Women's Lives Presented: New York, NY, American Sociological Association, August 1996 Cohort(s): Mature Women Publisher: American Sociological Association Keyword(s): Disability; Employment; Employment History; Labor Force Participation; Life Course; Retirement/Retirement Planning; Women; Work History; Work Hours/Schedule Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Care of an ill or disabled family member or friend is disproportionately done by women, typically in late mid-life. Because this is also a time in the life course when women's labor force participation peaks, many women faced with caregiving demands have to decide how to balance them with their employment. Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Mature Women are used to examined the relationship between employment & caring for an ill or disabled friend or relative over a 3-year period. It is found that the relationship between caregiving & employment is complex. Employed women are as likely as nonemployed women to start caregiving, but among the employed, work history is related to starting caregiving. Starting caregiving has a strong effecton reduction in employment hours, & these hours are not regained after women stop caregiving. Hour reductions among caregivers are not affected by the woman's attitudes toward her paid work, her proximity to retirement, or her prior employment history. (Copyright 1996, Sociological Abstracts, Inc., all rights reserved.) |
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Pavalko, Eliza K. and Julie E. Artis. "Caregiving and Paid Work in Women's Lives." Presented: New York, NY, American Sociological Association, August 1996. |