SOC 2103 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Child Tax Credit, Confounding, Sandwich Generation
7 Oct 2017
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Why paid family and medical leave matters for the future of america"s families, businesses and economy (martin et al. , 2016) economy. Need paid family and medical leave to support maternal and child health; will benefit in. Benefits: increases fam eco security, helps eco and fam thrive, does not discriminate against women/mothers, gives kids healthy start, Gendered perceptions of time among parents: family contexts, role demands, and variation in time-stress (stalker, 2014) Female double burden/second shift, gendered diffs in time use. Social and eco trends have impacted fam >> fast paced -- stress in gendered. What influences parental time stress? f: frequent role changes today and multitasking > Role overload (edu. , school, child care, sandwich generation). # of children & their age. Gender inequality is improving, but doing gender is still very influential. Need time to provide childcare and work, so which is it . Roles affect time stress; women that take on too many roles are the ones who can"t.
