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Young Adult Women, Work and Family Living a Contradiction
286 Pages
by
Routledge
286 Pages
by
Routledge
286 Pages
by
Routledge
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This text is an exploration of the interplay between employment and domestic relations within a specific group of young women, which includes single working women without children and working mothers. It is based on actual experiences, as related in interviews, and uses longitudianl data to chart the experience of young adult women living a contradiction between work and family. The text also... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Research Groups and Research Process; Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework, Education and Training; Chapter 4 Employment, Family and Boyfriends; Chapter 5 The Experience of the Early Mothers; Chapter 6 Work and Family Aspirations of Single Working Women; Chapter 7 The Experience of Motherhood and Work Among the Early Mothers; Chapter 8 Living a Contradiction: Changing Situations and Aspirations; Chapter 9 Living a Contradiction: Interacting Aspirations and Situations; Chapter 10 Conclusion;
Biography
Padfield, Maureen; Procter, Ian
