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Lifetime patterns of childbearing and employment: a study of second-generation Japanese American women

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Donna L. Leonetti  and
Laura Newell-Morris
Donna L. Leonetti
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Laura Newell-Morris
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
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Summary

With the increase in labour force participation by wives and mothers in the United States, family roles of modern women are becoming increasingly complex. As mother/provider, women are faced with problems in planning their lives to accommodate their modern roles. Three variant lifetime patterns of fertility and employment are identified in a study of second-generation Japanese American women, a group which has experienced high rates of labour force participation. Analysis of socio-economic background factors suggests that these patterns are alternative modes of integrating the complex lifetime demands on women in the modern world.

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Research Article
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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , January 1982 , pp. 81 - 97
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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