Childbearing among Canadian stepfamilies

This article analyses childbearing in stepfamilies in Canada, using the 2001 General Social Survey on family. It estimates the probability that stepfamily couples will give birth to a child according to the composition of the stepfamily, and then moves on to explore the factors that are associated with such an event. Particular attention is given to the type of union, parental status, and number of children of both partners. Contrary to past studies, this research is based not only on women’s retrospective conjugal and parental histories but also on those reported by male respondents, and it controls for women’s work status.

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Does work influence women’s autonomy or does autonomy deliberate women to work?

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/20187410013 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 74 ◽

pp. 10013

Author(s):

Ruskin Ristiana ◽

Dwini Handayani

Keyword(s):

Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽

Women's Work ◽

Work Status ◽

Women’S Autonomy ◽

Multinomial Logistic Regression Analysis ◽

Women's Autonomy ◽

Women’S Work ◽

Causal Direction ◽

High Level ◽

The Relationship

Work, especially paid work, has been assumed to enhance women’s autonomy, particularly their household autonomy. However, this assumption does not work in one causal direction. The causality relationship works both ways, that women work due to their high level of autonomy, but also because their employment status will increase their autonomy. The aim of this study is to understand the relationship between women’s work status and their household autonomy. This study used data from the Indonesian Demography and Health Survey 2012, together with a multinomial logistic regression analysis on married women’s work status and autonomy as dependent and independent variables, respectively. It was found that work status influences married women’s household autonomy and vice versa. However, the direction and strength of the influence depend on the type of work status and autonomy.

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Sex Role Ideology, Marital Status, and Happiness

Journal of Family Issues ◽

10.1177/019251389010003005 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. 383-400 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

LLOYD B. LUEPTOW ◽

MARGARET B. GUSS ◽

COLLEEN HYDEN

Keyword(s):

Stability Analysis ◽

Marital Status ◽

Survey Data ◽

Sex Role ◽

General Social Survey ◽

Work Status ◽

Marital Happiness ◽

Social Survey ◽

Marital Success

Research suggests that women's, but not men's, sex role ideology may be negatively related to marital happiness and stability. Analysis of General Social Survey data from 1974 to 1986 supports that proposition. Nontraditional women are less happy and more likely to be separated or divorced. These relations are stronger for attitudes about women's personality than about roles, and are not eliminated by controls for age, year, education, or work status. They are also stronger for women constrained in marriage by opposition to divorce. All in all, the results are consistent with the idea that modern sex role ideology is negatively related to marital success for women.

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Gender, Parenthood, and Perceived Chances of Promotion

Sociological Perspectives ◽

10.1177/0731121416672426 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 60 (4) ◽

pp. 645-664 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Alison T. Wynn

Keyword(s):

Survey Data ◽

Gender Gap ◽

Family Conflict ◽

General Social Survey ◽

Parental Status ◽

Work Family Conflict ◽

Family Responsibilities ◽

Social Survey ◽

Childless Women ◽

Work Family

In this article, I examine the gender gap in perceived promotion chances. Using General Social Survey data, I find that men are more likely than women to expect a promotion, and work-family conflict partially explains this gap. Because men work longer hours and have fewer family responsibilities, they anticipate higher promotion chances. I then explore the interaction of gender and parental status. I find that men and childless women expect higher promotion chances when they work longer hours, but the same is not true for mothers. Working long hours may violate stereotypes dictating that mothers should devote themselves primarily to caregiving, thereby decreasing mothers’ promotion expectations relative to other groups.

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