Managing Mothers : Dual Earner Households After Maternity Leave (Hardcover)

1. Introduction? 2. The study? 3. Parental employment and childcare in Britain in the 1980s? 4. Women’s employment histories and careers after childbirth? ?5. Childbirth and occupational mobility? 6. Childbirth and the meaning of employment ?7. Employed mothers ? ideologies and experiences? 8. The well-being of mothers? 9. Fathers’ employment? 10. Managing the dual earner lifestyle? 11. Employed mothers and marriage? 12. Social networks and the availability of informal support? 13. The experience of social network support? 14. Conclusions