The Changing Rhythms of American Family Life Suzanne M. Bianchi, John P. Robinson, and Melissa A. Milkie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bianchi, Suzanne M.

Contributor:

Milkie, Melissa A.

Robinson, John P.

Series:

Rose series in sociology.

The American Sociological Association's Rose series in sociology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Families--Time management--United States.

Families.

Dual-career families--United States.

Dual-career families.

Parenting--United States.

Parenting.

Families--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012

Place of Publication:

New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Over the last forty years, the number of American households with a stay-at-home parent has dwindled as women have increasingly joined the paid workforce and more women raise children alone.Many policy makers feared these changes would come at the expense of time mothers spend with their children.

Contents:

1. Parenting : How has it changed?

2. Measuring family time

3. Changing workloads : Are parents busier?

4. Parental time with children : More or less?

5. Housework, leisure, personal care, relationships : "What gives" in busy families?

6. Gender equality, role specialization, and "the second shift" : What do weekly diaries show?

7. Feelings about time : parental stress and time pressures

8. Children's time use : Too busy or not busy enough? by Sara Raley

9. Multinational patterns in parental time : How unique is the United States?

10. Mothers' time, fathers' time, and gender equal parenting : What do we conclude?

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-240) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-61044-051-X

OCLC:

835512867