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Changing rhythms of American family life /

Title
Changing rhythms of American family life / Suzanne M. Bianchi, John P. Robinson, and Melissa A. Milkie.
Author
Bianchi, Suzanne M.
Publication
New York : Russell Sage Foundation, c2006.

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Additional Authors
  • Milkie, Melissa A.
  • Robinson, John P.
Description
xvii, 249 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
The American Sociological Association's Rose series in sociology
Uniform Title
Rose series in sociology.
Subject
  • Dual-career families > United States
  • Families > United States
  • Family > Time management > United States
  • Parenting > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-240) and index.
Contents
1. Parenting : How has it changed? -- 2. Measuring family time -- 3. Changing workloads : Are parents busier? -- 4. Parental time with children : More or less? -- 5. Housework, leisure, personal care, relationships : "What gives" in busy families? -- 6. Gender equality, role specialization, and "the second shift" : What do weekly diaries show? -- 7. Feelings about time : parental stress and time pressures -- 8. Children's time use : Too busy or not busy enough? by Sara Raley -- 9. Multinational patterns in parental time : How unique is the United States? -- 10. Mothers' time, fathers' time, and gender equal parenting : What do we conclude?
ISBN
  • 087154136X
  • 9780871541369
LCCN
2006040506
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library