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abstract: 'The entry of large numbers of women with children into the paid labor
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force was a major demographic shift throughout North America and Europe
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during the last half of the 20th century. Mexican women have gone
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through similar changes in employment, though less research has been
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done to document their experiences. As in North America and Europe,
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Mexican women and girls are doing more unpaid caregiving and housework
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than men and boys. The issue of central concern in this article is the
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impact that gender disparities in family carework have on women''s
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educational and work opportunities and experiences in Chiapas, Mexico.
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This article shows that girls'' and women''s unequal share of the unpaid
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childcare and housework has a substantial impact on their school
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performance, job choice, wages, and job retention. In 99 in-depth,
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open-ended interviews with working mothers in Chiapas, Mexico, 18\% said
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that unpaid caregiving in the home affected their own education
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negatively; while 9\% said that unpaid caregiving had a negative impact
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on their daughters'' education. Thirteen percent of women interviewed
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reported job loss due to caregiving, while 43\% reported income loss.
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Altogether, unpaid caregiving negatively impacted the school or work
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lives of 52\% of the working mothers we interviewed. Their experiences
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are detailed in this article and have broad relevance for policy debates
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around the role of social services, educational and work benefits in
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improving the lives of men and women in Mexico and other industrializing
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countries.'
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affiliation: 'Heymann, SJ (Corresponding Author), Univ Michigan, Dept Sociol, 1225
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S Univ Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 USA.
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Univ Michigan, Dept Sociol, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 USA.
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Harvard Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Soc Human Dev \& Hlth, Boston, MA 02115 USA.'
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author: Bergstrom, CA and Heymann, SJ
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author_list:
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- family: Bergstrom
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given: CA
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- family: Heymann
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given: SJ
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.3138/jcfs.36.2.267
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files: []
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issn: 0047-2328
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journal: JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE FAMILY STUDIES
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keywords-plus: 'MATERNAL EMPLOYMENT; HOUSEHOLD LABOR; CHILDREN; MOTHERS; HOUSEWORK;
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PARTICIPATION; CHILDBEARING; DIFFERENCE; DAUGHTERS; EDUCATION'
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language: English
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month: SPR
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number: '2'
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number-of-cited-references: '42'
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orcid-numbers: Heymann, Jody/0000-0003-0008-4198
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pages: 267+
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papis_id: ac451996cb8d7078f278830c242626cc
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ref: Bergstrom2005impactgender
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times-cited: '11'
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title: Impact of gender disparities in family carework on women's life chances in
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Chiapas, Mexico
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000227888600006
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usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
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usage-count-since-2013: '11'
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volume: '36'
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web-of-science-categories: Family Studies
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year: '2005'
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