CS 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Job Sharing, Parental Leave, Equal Pay For Equal Work
Document Summary
In 1990, there was 2. 9 million couples cohabiting in the u. s. In 1997, 4. 1 million couples cohabiting: 46% increase in 7-year time. In 1970, 60% of cohabiting couples formed unions within 3 years. In 1990, 35% of cohabiting couples formed unions within 3 years. Cohabitation and children: when cohabiting couples decide to have children they will often decide to marry first, cohabitation reduced the amount of time that children will spend in a single parent household during childhood. In 1980, 2/3 of children who entered a stepfamily entered through cohabitation. Hochschild second shift: mothers worked at a job then to come home and work a second shift at the home, doing laundry and cleaning, have self-care, take care of yourself. Feminization of poverty: females are more likely to be in poverty with children, females are seen more than males. Different types of households- labor roles: good provider role, traditional.
