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Public and Private Families: An Introduction, 3/e
Andrew J. Cherlin, Johns Hopkins University

Work and Families

Preview Questions

The following questions will be addressed in this chapter.

1.

How do sociologists think about power and authority within marriage?

2.

How did the introduction of wage labor affect families?

3.

How has married women's work changed over the past half-century?

4.

How has the amount of housework and childcare done by husbands and wives changed over the past half-century?

5.

What are some of the strains working parents can experience?

6.

How is the workplace responding to the needs of working parents?