abstract: 'Family life has changed significantly in recent decades for both women

  and men. Fertility rates have dropped, numbers divorcing have increased,

  and the proportion of children born outside marriage has grown. At the

  same time, we have seen significant changes in state forms and

  institutions, with marketization becoming embedded in centrally planned

  economies as well as welfare states. Women increasingly participate in

  labour markets and higher education, as expectations of equal

  opportunity have expanded. Despite obvious improvements in female

  employment and educational attainment, however, gender inequalities

  persist, not least in law, policy, labour markets, and family roles.

  Women continue to provide the bulk of informal multigenerational care.

  Work and family policies vary across the globe, yet policy analysis from

  a gender perspective is scarce. This editorial considers research from

  around the world, including Europe, the former Soviet bloc, Japan, and

  China, to develop an understanding of the tensions and shifts in the

  gendered organisation of family lives. Changes and continuities in

  gendered inequalities shaping family life are examined, with a focus on

  the intersection of state, labour market, and family, as they reproduce

  and reshape gender norms and inequalities.'
affiliation: 'Sung, SR (Corresponding Author), Queens Univ Belfast, Sch Social Sci
  Educ \& Social Work, Belfast, Antrim, North Ireland.

  Sung, Sirin; Smyth, Lisa, Queens Univ Belfast, Sch Social Sci Educ \& Social Work,
  Belfast, Antrim, North Ireland.'
author: Sung, Sirin and Smyth, Lisa
author-email: s.sung@qub.ac.uk
author_list:
- family: Sung
  given: Sirin
- family: Smyth
  given: Lisa
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1080/21582041.2022.2091155
earlyaccessdate: AUG 2022
eissn: 2158-205X
files: []
issn: 2158-2041
journal: CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL SCIENCE
keywords: Gender; equality; labour market; family; policy
keywords-plus: ADULT WORKER MODEL; POLICY; EUROPE; CARE
language: English
month: AUG 8
number: 4, SI
number-of-cited-references: '53'
pages: 305-312
papis_id: b7c8b4204caf6b660250bee8e1600c95
ref: Sung2022genderadfamilies
times-cited: '0'
title: 'Genderad families: states and societies in transition'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000815800800001
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '6'
volume: '17'
web-of-science-categories: Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
year: '2022'