Exam 10: Work and Family

Policy researchers define __________ as the full-time care and education of children under age six, care before and after school and during school vacations for older children, and overnight care when employed parents must travel.

Women often find that "family friendly" occupations

__________ involves providing assistance with daily living activities to an elderly relative who is chronically frail, ill, disabled, or just in need of assistance.

A 2001 survey found found that approximately ___ percent of women agree that one can be a good mother and have a successful career.

According to the text, fathers are spending __________ time with their children in comparison to the past.

In recent years, men have been decreasing their share of the housework.

How pleasures or stresses associated with work affect interaction within the family is called ________

__________ involves an employee being able to take an extended period of time from work, either paid or unpaid, for the purpose of caring for a newborn, for a newly adopted or seriously ill child, for the care of an elderly parent, or for their own health needs with the guarantee of a job upon returning.

Heterosexual women are more likely than men to adjust their work and home schedules to accommodate caregiving, largely because

Mothers of young children

Study after study shows that marital satisfaction is greater when

Some career women choose to __________ the labor force in order to stay home with their children for a time.

Virtually all research suggests that today's typical American family is

Job sharing and flextime are both examples of __________.

Sociologist Arlie Hochschild writes that employed parents put in a ______ of unpaid family work that leaves them stressed and drained.

What is the "wage gap?" Give several examples.

You and your partner both wish to return to outside employment after your baby's first year. Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of each possible option for childcare available to you.

The expanding economy needed more workers, and women were drawn into the labor force in significant numbers beginning around __________.

Modern parents have increased time caring for their children AND increased their employment hours by doing all of the following EXCEPT

Men continue to dominate corporate America. In 2010, less than __________ percent of the highest-earning executives in Fortune 500 companies were women.