Combining self-employment and family life
- Author/Editor(s):
- Alice Bell, Ivana La Valle
- Format:
- Paperback , 64 pages , 297 x 210 mm
- ISBN
- 9781861345332
- Published:
- 18 Jun 2003
- Series:
- Family and Work series
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... a useful resource for demographic data about childcare and self-employment. Information is clearly presented and discussed in a thorough and straightforward manner.
Journal of Occupational Science
About This Book
Despite the increasing policy interest in work-life balance issues, relatively little research has been carried out into the links between self-employment and family life. This report considers, for the first time, the extent to which new family-friendly initiatives and legislation provide adequate support for self-employed parents. Drawing on an analysis of survey material from 10,000 families with children, the report explores topical issues such as:whether self-employment offers working parents greater flexibility than other forms of employmentthe price of flexibilitydifficulties in relation to childcaredifferences between the experiences of self-employed mothers and fathers
Contents
Introduction
Working arrangements
Use of childcare
Influences on mothers' decision to work
Working couples and self-employment
Conclusion.
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