Work, Family, Health, and Well-Being

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ISBN 10: 0415653371 / ISBN 13: 9780415653374

Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd Jun 2012, 2012

About this Item

Neuware - Work, Family, Health, and Well-Being grew out of a conference held in Washington, D.C. in June 2003 on 'Workforce/Workplace Mismatch: Work, Family, Health, and Well-Being' sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The text considers multiple dimensions of health and well-being for workers and their families, children, and communities. Investigations into the socioeconomic gradient in health within broad occupational categories have raised important questions about the role of specific working conditions versus the role of conditions of employment such as wages and level of job security afforded a worker and his/her family in affecting health outcomes.Organized into seven parts, this text: \*provides an overview of changes in work and family time and time use; \*dedicates a section focusing specifically on employers and workplaces; \*explores disciplinary perspectives on work, family, health, and well-being; \*focuses on the most studied work and family nexus, the interrelationship between parental employment, especially maternal employment and the child's well-being; \*examines gender differences in the division of labor, the effect of marriage on health, the shifting nature of care-giving throughout life, and the role of work on various health and well-being outcomes; \*explores occupational health literature; and \*focuses on the unique work-family issues faced by low-income families and workers in low-wage jobs. This book appeals to anyone in the fields of psychology, sociology, family studies, demographics, economics, anthropology, and social work.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Work, Family, Health, and Well-Being
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jun 2012
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415653371
• ISBN 13: 9780415653374
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 230W x 154H x 32D millimeters 230 millimeters width by 154 millimeters height by 32 millimeters depth
• Weight: 850 grams

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Synopsis

This volume grows out of the 1st conference sponsored by the NICHD. This is an interdisciplinary project, and there are potential markets in I/O psychology, sociology, family studies, demographics, economics, anthropology, and social work.

About the Author

Suzanne M. Bianchi, Lynne M. Casper, Rosalind Berkow King