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Author Craig, Lyn, 1955-

Title Contemporary motherhood : the impact of children on adult time / Lyn Craig.

Publication Info. Aaldershot, Hampshire ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2007]
©2007

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 187 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-158) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Approach, data and method -- The time penalty of parenthood -- Gender equivalence or hidden inequity? -- Protecting parental time with kids? -- Earning capacity versus caring capacity -- Cross-national comparison of the impact of children on adult time.
Summary In this timely book, Lyn Craig employs large-scale quantitative time-use data to provide a unique and comprehensive account of how parenthood affects daily life within households. Suggesting an explanation for why fertility rates are dramatically dropping, this book makes a significant contribution to the debate on contemporary motherhood.
Note Print version record.
Subject Child rearing -- Study and teaching.
Parenting -- Economic aspects.
Time measurements.
Families -- Research.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Abuse -- Child Abuse.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Adoption & Fostering.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Parenting -- Parent & Adult Child.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Parenting -- General.
Moederschap.
Kinderverzorging.
Taakverdeling.
Tijdmanagement.
Kindererziehungszeit.
Lebensplan.
Frau.
Mutterschaft.
Other Form: Print version: Craig, Lyn, 1955- Contemporary motherhood. Aaldershot, Hampshire ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2007 (DLC) 2007002934 (OCoLC)81940763
ISBN 9780754685296 (electronic bk.)
0754685292 (electronic bk.)
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