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The time use of mothers in the United States at the beginning of the 21st century / Rachel Connelly, Jean Kimmel

Connelly, Rachel [Verfasser] ; Kimmel, Jean

Kalamazoo, Mich. : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2010

Birmingham, AL, USA : EBSCO Industries, Inc.

1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 165 pages) : Illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

978-1-4416-8039-6 ; 1-4416-8039-X ; 978-0-88099-368-5

MS 1990 MS 3050

 

USA  Mutter  Zeiteinteilung  Geschichte 2003-2006 

This book focuses on the time use of mothers of preteenaged children in the United States from 2003 to 2006. We explore how mothers at the start of the twenty-first century are using their time in order to better understand their lives, the lives of their partners, and the lives of their children. Differences in the time choices American mothers make will have important implications for their own well-being and the well-being of family members. The study of maternal time use is hugely important because of the relationship between quality caregiving and child well-being. Additionally, employers looking for new labor pools are also affected by the time use choices of mothers of young children because 60 percent of American mothers with young children are employed. The time choices of mothers in the United States also affect policymakers' thinking about things such as educational policy, the role that taxes play in the allocation of time between paid and unpaid activities, and possible expansion of publicly funded preschool - Introduction.