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“I’m Just Glad My Three Jobs Could Be During the Day”: Women and Work in a Rural Community*

Year: 2006

Type: article

Abstract: : The purpose of this qualitative study was to better understand the experience of wage‐earning women in the context of rural economic restructuring. An ecological and life course theoretical framework was used. Nine community leaders and 17 wage‐earning women residing in a rural northern Michigan county participated in semistructured interviews, and the prevailing economic concern was low wages and lack of jobs with benefits. Women workers were affected by factors such as ties to rural family business, childcare concerns, and long commutes to work and children's schools. Informal social support and family ties were identified as reasons for remaining in these challenging circumstances.

Source: Family Relations

DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2006.00361.x

Authors: Barbara D. Ames, Whitney A. Brosi, Karla M. Damiano‐Teixeira

Institutions: Michigan State University, Oklahoma State University, Universidade Federal de Viçosa

Language: English

Topic: Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics

Subfield: Gender Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Decent work and economic growth, No poverty, Reduced inequalities, Gender equality

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W1994819149

FWCI: 2.569

Cites: 34

Cited by: 33

Related to: 10