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International Journal of Public Opinion Research 2009 21(1):98-110; doi:10.1093/ijpor/edp004
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© The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The World Association for Public Opinion Research. All rights reserved.

Support for Mothers’ Employment at Home: Conflict between Work and Family

S. M. C. Kelley, C. G. E. Kelley, M. D. R. Evans and Jonathan Kelley

Address correspondence to Sarah Kelley, 18124 Wedge Parkway #1035, Reno, NEVADA 89511, USA,SMC.Kelley@international-survey.org

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Over the past half-century there has been widespread debate about whether mothers of young children should work for pay. Arguments turn on the benefits of employment versus the potential for harm to the family if the mother is away from home and devotes time, energy, and commitment to employment. The assumption is that work and family conflict, creating difficult trade-offs.

In most developed nations only a small minority, around 10 percent, favors mothers of small children working full-time (Evans, 2000; Evans & Kelley, 2001, Table 1; Treas & Widmer, 2000, p. 1419; Zentralarchiv, 2004). This is true of both men and women, with and without young children of their own. Moreover, even mothers who do work would prefer to work less—on average only two-thirds as many hours (calculated from Zentralarchiv, 1996, for 24 nations; see also Bielenski, Bosch, & Wagner, 2005).


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  		TABLE 1 Perceived conflict . . . [Full Text of this Article]

 

   BACKGROUND
 
CHARACTERISTICS OF HOME-BASED EMPLOYMENT
THEORY AND PRIOR RESEARCH

   DATA, METHODS, AND MEASUREMENT
 
DATA
METHODS
MEASUREMENT: PERCEPTIONS OF Conflict BETWEEN WORK AND FAMILY
DESCRIPTION

   ANALYSIS: SOCIAL STRUCTURE
 
EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE THE HOME
EMPLOYMENT AT HOME

   ANALYSIS: SUBJECTIVE INFLUENCES
 
EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE THE HOME
EMPLOYMENT AT HOME
PERCEPTIONS OF CONFLICT BETWEEN WORK AND FAMILY: INTERACTIONS

   DISCUSSION
 

   FUNDING
 

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