Gender and Family Relations

Female-dominated informal labour sector and family (in) stability: The interface between reproduction and production

“…The major contribution of this study as against others that investigated the multiple roles of women in the society (Breen & Cooke, 2005;Murry et al, 2013) is situating the inquiry on the productive and the reproductive roles of women against the stability or instability of the family. This study submitted that irrespective of the encumbered roles of productive and reproductive roles of women in the informal sectors of the economy, it by no means destabilised the family.…”

“…This also include the alteration of males' roles to involve family responsibilities such as caring for the children and other involvements in the home front to aid family sustenance and stability. It becomes imperative to study the effects of role alterations on family stability (Murry et al, 2013). In Nigeria, limited studies are exploring how the activities of women in the informal sector affect family stability.…”

Father absence and early sexual debut: Understanding the influence of gender, risk, and protective factors

“…This, in turn, will affect the chilren's development of self-regulation which will influence their decision-making and expectations regarding their sexual behaviors and intimate relationships (Hauser-Kunz & Grych, 2013). Fathers and mothers each make unique contributions to child development due to their different parental gender roles (Murry, Mayberry & Berkel, 2013); and, because fathers are more likely to be the disciplinarian (Marsiglio & Roy, 2012), the relationship may act as a conduit through which fathers impart his beliefs and morals. This helps adolescent children in developing decision making skills which will then influence their sexual timing (Sieverding, Adler, Witt, & Ellen, 2005).…”

Implications of parents’ work travel on youth adjustment

“…Men travel more than women (Gustafson, 2006), yet women experience more stress from work travel, potentially stemming from a lack of time (Kollinger-Santer & Fishlmayr, 2013). This time pressure may result from work and family responsibilities waiting for them after they return from work trips, as mothers in general have been found to be more involved in household and caregiving tasks related to children than fathers (Murry et al, 2013) even when they travel for work (Casinowsky, 2013). Given traditional gendered norms for household and parenting roles, gender differences in work travel may relate to differential effects on family dynamics and adjustment.…”

“…Integrating these perspectives, this study investigated the link between a specific element of the parental work setting, travel (i.e., the total number of nights parents were away from home during the last year), and youth adjustment (i.e., externalizing and internalizing behaviours as indicators of poor adjustment), and the role of parenting (i.e., parental knowledge, solicitation) as an intervening factor. Moreover, as guided by research on the salience of gender norms related to family roles (see Murry, Mayberry, & Berkel, 2013 for review) and ecological perspectives (Bronfenbrenner & Morris, 2006) that suggest the importance of same-gender parent-youth dyads for development, we examined traveller and youth gender as moderators. This study extends the literature that has primarily focused on individual workers to examine both parents’ work travel within and between families as related to youth’s perceptions of parenting and youth outcomes using a multilevel approach.…”