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1 online resource (268 pages) |
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""Work and Family""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""CONSEQUENCES FOR FAMILIES AND FOR WORKPLACES""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""Terms of Employment""; ""Direct Provision of Services""; ""Program Implementation and Dissemination""; ""Data Collection and Research""; ""1 Introduction""; ""FOCUS OF THE STUDY""; ""Constraints""; ""Framework""; ""Who Decides?""; ""Voluntary Benefits""; ""Collective Bargaining""; ""Government Actions""; ""Who Provides the Programs?""; ""Who Pays?""; ""THE BROADER CONTEXT""; ""Economic Security""; ""Equal Opportunity""; ""Dependent Care"" |
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""Health Care""""ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT""; ""2 The Family and The Workplace""; ""CHANGING FAMILIES""; ""Preindustrial Economies""; ""Industrial Economies""; ""THE CHANGING WORKPLACE""; ""The Modern Era Through World War II""; ""Post World War II""; ""Related Developments""; ""EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS""; ""Sex, Race, and Education""; ""Family Status""; ""Single Earners""; ""Dual Earners""; ""Occupation""; ""Industry and Unionization""; ""Explanations for Race and Sex Differences""; ""Unemployment""; ""FUTURE EMPLOYMENT TRENDS""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""3 Linkages Between Work and Family"" |
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""EFFECTS OF WORK ON FAMILY""""Income and Identity""; ""Health""; ""Marital Satisfaction""; ""Children's Well-Being""; ""Other Dependents""; ""Minority Families""; ""Work Characteristics""; ""Schedules""; ""Job Demands""; ""Employer Support""; ""EFFECTS OF FAMILY ON WORK""; ""Labor Force Participation""; ""Absenteeism and Tardiness""; ""Other Effects on Work""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""4 How Adults Cope: Dependent Care""; ""CARE FOR THE ELDERLY""; ""Types of Care""; ""Nursing Home Care""; ""Paid Home and Community Care""; ""Unpaid Home Care""; ""CARE FOR CHILDREN""; ""Types of Child Care"" |
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""Care by Parents""""Relative and Nanny Care""; ""Family Day Care""; ""Center Care""; ""Child Care Availability and Need""; ""Costs of Child Care""; ""Quality of Child Care""; ""CARE FOR THE WORKING-AGE DISABLED""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""5 Standard Employee Benefits""; ""EVOLUTION OF NONWAGE BENEFITS""; ""BENEFITS ESTABLISHED BY LAW""; ""Federal Programs""; ""State Programs""; ""VOLUNTARY BENEFITS""; ""Pension Plans""; ""Health Insurance""; ""Disability Insurance""; ""Life Insurance""; ""Paid Time Off""; ""COVERAGE AMONG WORKERS""; ""Health Insurance Coverage"" |
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""Cost, Availability, and Participation""""The Uninsured""; ""Paid Time Off""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""6 New Family-Related Benefits""; ""EMPLOYER-SPONSORED PROGRAMS""; ""Paid and Unpaid Leave""; ""Scope of the Problem""; ""Impact on Employers""; ""Alternative Schedules and Locations""; ""Part-Time Work""; ""Flexible Schedules""; ""Alternative Locations""; ""Legal Constraints""; ""Family Support Services""; ""Dependent Care""; ""Resource and Referral Services""; ""Counseling""; ""Other Family-Oriented Policies""; ""Flexible Benefit Programs""; ""EMPLOYERS WHO PROVIDE BENEFITS""; ""Employer Size"" |
| Notes |
""Industry and Occupation"" |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Dual-career families -- United States
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Work and family -- United States
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Dual-career families
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Work and family
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ferber, Marianne A
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O'Farrell, M. Brigid
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| ISBN |
9780309537490 |
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0309537495 |
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