FMLY 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 78: Protective Factor

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Family Social Sciences
• Course: FMLY 1010
• Professor: Christine A.Schippers

Document Summary

Amount of time paid workers spend with their families each day decreased from 250 minutes/day to 209 minutes/day. Overall, having a parenting partner, especially if married, is a significant protective factor in managing the stressful transition to parenthood (compared to single parents) Not having children effects employment patterns *especially for women. More likely to have a full-time, continuous career. Motherhood earnings gap = a measure showing how much the earnings of women with children are below those of women without children. Women with children tend to average 12% lower hourly earnings. Gap was larger for mothers with high education. If you ask so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e (cid:862)(cid:449)ho is the perso(cid:374) (cid:449)ho do(cid:374)"t like to (cid:271)e a(cid:449)ay fro(cid:373)(cid:863) Adults will respond saying their spouses/partners: most adults still do feel emotionally close to their parents. Amount/kind of contact with parents has a lot to do with proximity. Much more likely to see if live within 2 hours away.