Employed Rural, Low-Income, Single Mothers’ Family and Work Over Time

Son, Seohee; Bauer, Jean W.

doi:10.1007/s10834-009-9173-8

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“…In a review of literature about struggling to care for their children, a number of studies were found that specifically discussed the experience of stress suffered by single mothers in caring for their child/children (Holland , Son & Bauer ). The findings of these studies were similar to those of this study in which work–life balance was a point of significant stress for the participants.…”

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“…Competing demands from family and work were cited by Son & Bauer () as contributing factors to the quality of care provided by single mothers in their study of 28 rural, low‐income single mothers across 11 states of the United States of America. The study, which adopted a human ecology perspective to understand how low‐income single mothers managed their family and work lives, found that demands from the workplace, including non‐stable work hours and job insecurity, contributed significantly to family stress impacting on the ability of the mother to provide what the participants' considered to be appropriate care.…”

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The vicissitudes of being a single mother in Taiwan: a mental health concern

Welch

Hong

2013

Psychiatric Ment Health Nurs

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The vicissitudes of being a single mother in Taiwan: a mental health concern

Welch

Hong

2013

Psychiatric Ment Health Nurs

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“…In terms of family characteristics, having more than one child (Steiber, 2009), older children (Baxter & Alexander, 2008), lower level of education, and a poorer financial situation (Ciabattari, 2007) are associated with higher WFC. Finally, problems with childcare arrangements are likely to be positively associated with WFC (Baxter & Alexander, 2008;Son & Bauer, 2010).…”

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Nonstandard Work Hours and Single Versus Coupled Mothers' Work‐to‐Family Conflict

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Objective To compare single and coupled mothers' experiences of time‐based work‐to‐family conflict (WFC) and work‐to‐family positive affective spillover (PAS) in the context of maternal nonstandard work hours. Background Despite having become one of the central topics of work–family research, studies examining the relationship of maternal work schedules and family roles have mainly focused on North American samples or dual‐earner families. Although qualitative studies have highlighted the problems faced by European single mothers in relation to the combination of nonstandard work hours and family life, there are no quantitative or cross‐national comparative studies on the association. Method Using a convenience sample derived from the Families 24/7 survey of Finnish, Dutch, and British mothers with children 12 years of age or younger (N = 1,106), path analysis was carried out to assess the associations of single motherhood, nonstandard work hours, and their interaction with WFC and PAS and to compare the associations between 3 countries. Results The positive association between the amount of nonstandard work hours and WFC was found to be stronger among single mothers than coupled mothers in all 3 countries. However, in Finland, both single and coupled mothers, and in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, only single mothers, experienced higher WFC when the mother worked more during nonstandard hours. In all countries, single mothers experienced less PAS than coupled mothers. Conclusion Dutch and British single mothers who work nonstandard hours experience the combination of multiple roles particularly challenging compared with coupled mothers. In Finland, both single and coupled mothers report high levels of WFC when they work more nonstandard hours; hence, a greater amount of work during nonstandard hours is not an automatic indication of heightened challenges for single mothers alone. Implications When aiming to improve mothers' work–family reconciliation via social and workplace policies, it is important to understand the circumstances of single and coupled mothers in different cultural contexts.

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“…And this article has been done to find out the relationship between management activity of married women within family businesses and perceived well-being controlling for work roles, family context, personal and financial resources. The next by Distelberg and Blow (2010) discussed the literature about work-family balance field which has explored the validity of an ecosystems perspective (Seery, Corrigall, & Harpel, 2008;Son & Bauer, 2010;Voydanoff, 2002) and found validity in viewing this family-work balance issues through the lens of ecosystems. The final by Brewton, Danes, Stafford, and Haynes (2010) agreed with that the negative relationship between crossover of family and business tasks and resilience for rural firms.…”

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confidence: 99%