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Kwesiga, Eileen; Bell, Myrtle P.; Pattie, Marshall; Moe, Angela M. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2007
Studies of intimate partner violence (IPV) and work have been primarily conducted with women in low-wage low-status (LWLS) positions, as much of this research has focused on poverty, welfare, and homelessness. Although women in LWLS positions represent a large percentage of working women in the United States, it is also important to investigate…
Descriptors: Role Theory, Employed Women, Employment Level, Working Hours
Women's Bureau (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1996
The competing demands of the workplace and the home have intensified over the last 25 years as the nation has experienced dramatic social and economic changes affecting businesses, employees, and families. In 1993, Congress passed the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to provide a national policy that supports families in their efforts to strike…
Descriptors: Dual Career Family, Employed Parents, Employed Women, Employee Assistance Programs
Kimmel, Jean, Ed.; Hoffman, Emily P., Ed. – 2002
These six research papers were presented as public lectures: "Federal Child Care Policy" (David M. Blau) outlined the role of the federal government in child care, the failure of market-based care programs, and the ideal goals of a federal child care policy as well as its cost (4 tables; 41 references); "Thinking About Child Care…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Child Care, Child Development, Child Rearing