Time Away From “Smelling the Roses”: Where do Mothers Raising Children With Disabilities Find the Time to Work?  

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Brandon, Peter

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Social Science & Medicine (www.elsevier.com/locate/sosscimed) vol. 65 no. 4 (Aug. 2007), page 667-679.
Topik: Children with disabilities; Family stress; Gender; Work and family; Time use diaries; Health inequalities; Australia

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: SS53.14 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Using the Australian Time Use survey (TUS), this study examined time allocation among working parents raising children with disabilities. Findings showed that raising children with disabilities reduced the time working mothers had for leisure activities, but increased the time for socializing activities. Consistent with the literature, the latter effect probably reflects the special need of working mothers raising children with disabilities for strong social networks offering regular support. While a mother's time for personal care was reduced by a child with a disability, a father's time for personal care was unaffected. Thus, mothers were relatively more disadvantaged than fathers in terms of total time for themselves. This study offers new knowledge on the impact of childhood disability on working parents’ time for personal care and leisure, activities that can improve their psychological and physical well-being.

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