Sociology 2235 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Parenting, Nuclear Family, Making Money
11 Apr 2018
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Video: women fill men"s jobs during ww2: a lot of them were mechanical jobs, 1943 women made up 1/3rd of american workforce, almost 15k were killed/disabled from war, emphasizes on patriotism and production. Increase in mothers employment: 2x rate of other women, mothers w children under 6, doubled in last 20 yrs, mothers working part time hrs, 2014- 15. 3% of mothers working part time, w partners working full time. Men"s employment patterns: fallen slightly over last 20 yrs, 80% - 72, decline in full-time jobs for life, working longer hours, financial responsibilities increased, fathers more likely to be, employed, work longer paid hrs. Long hrs characteristic of fathers in managerial occupations (image) Changing work-family patterns: dual-earner households have become the norm, 1/3rd of households have a single breadwinner and a full time homemaker, largest group, full-time earner + part time earner, smallest group, 2 full time earners.
