Balancing Expectations for Employability and Family Responsibilities while on Social Assistance: Low-Income Mothers' Experiences in Three Canadian Provinces

Autor/in	Gazso, Amber
Titel	Balancing Expectations for Employability and Family Responsibilities while on Social Assistance: Low-Income Mothers' Experiences in Three Canadian Provinces
Quelle	In: Family Relations, 56 (2007) 5, S.454-466 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0197-6664
DOI	10.1111/j.1741-3729.2007.00473.x
Schlagwörter	Employment Potential; Mothers; Discourse Analysis; Family Work Relationship; Welfare Services; Low Income; Foreign Countries; Public Policy; Interviews; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Mother; Mutter; Diskursanalyse; Fürsorgeeinrichtung; Niedriglohn; Ausland; Öffentliche Ordnung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Kanada
Abstract	Drawing upon a discourse analysis of public-use policy documents and qualitative interview data, this paper explores how mothers on social assistance in three Canadian provinces balance actual or expected policy expectations of their employability (e.g., participation in welfare-to-work programming) with their caregiving responsibilities. The results suggest that mothers' experiences of a "time crunch, overload," and "interference" varied depending on their employability status and that they often experienced work-family conflict in ways similar to that experienced by working mothers not on assistance. The policy implications of these findings are discussed. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10