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Title:
Employment and the Family: Great Britain, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Hungary, Norway and Portugal, 2002
(Employment and the Family: Britain, 2002 and Seven-country Work-life)

Subject Categories:
British and Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Surveys - Major studies
General - Employment and labour
Social attitudes and behaviour - Society and culture
Family life and marriage - Social stratification and groupings

Depositor(s):
Crompton, R., City University. Department of Sociology

Principal Investigator(s):
Crompton, R., City University. Department of Sociology
National Centre for Social Research
International Social Survey Programme

Sponsor(s):
Economic and Social Research Council

Grant Number:
R000239727

Other Acknowledgements:
Ms. Michaela Brockmann, Institute of Education, London (previous Research Officer for the project), and Dr. Clare Lyonette, Research Officer, Department of Sociology, City University, London (took over from Ms. Brockmann in September 2003).

Abstract:
This project explored the decline of the 'male breadwinner' model of the articulation of employment and family life, in which men were responsible for market work and women for unpaid caring. As women increasingly enter employment, has the gendered division of labour (understood as incorporating both paid and unpaid work) been shifted as a consequence and have gender relations within the family changed? Are women able to realise their individual aspirations, and has an increase in women's employment been followed by greater equality in money management between partners? As the work of caring is increasingly transferred out of the 'private' sphere, how have institutions, families and employers adapted to this new situation? Are adaptations in some countries more successful than in others?

In order to answer these questions, a cross-national comparative analysis was necessary. Thus, the project formed part of the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) 2002 module, Family and Changing Gender Roles III. The module concerned included a series of questions relating to work-life conflict as well as attitudes to gender roles and working mothers, and the allocation of money within the household. Some extra questions were included in the ISSP project (fielded in Britain, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Hungary, Norway and Portugal) and a resulting harmonised seven-country data set was generated. The ISSP is conducted by the Zentralarchiv fuer Empirische Sozialforschung (ZA), based in Cologne, Germany. The full ISSP Family and Changing Gender Roles III dataset is available to order via the UK Data Archive (UKDA) - see under SN 5018. It is recommended that users order the full dataset to use alongside this one.

In the case of Britain, a further set of questions were added to the ISSP module, and thus a separate file of extended British data is included in this dataset. The British questions focused on working conditions and individual promotion aspirations. They were piloted alongside the British Social Attitudes Survey, 2002 (BSA - held at UKDA under SN 4838), conducted by the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen).

Users should note that the documentation for this study includes only the questionnaire. Details of sampling and other methodology may be found in the documentation for the relevant BSA 2002 (see under SN 4838) and ISSP studies.

A previous study by the same principal investigator on a similar topic, Women's Employment and Family Life in the United Kingdom, Norway, France, Czech Republic and Russia, 1996-1997, is also held at UKDA under SN 3926. This study also used data from ISSP.

Main Topics:
Topics covered included: gender; age; educational background; working mothers and related issues; gender roles; household work; attitudes to marriage; cohabitation and children; family decision-making; income; attitudes to work; working conditions; quality of life; parental employment; religious belief; household and employment characteristics; employment history.

Coverage:
Time Period Covered: 2002
Dates of Fieldwork: BSA module: June-September 2002; ISSP module: June 2002-July 2003
Country: Czech Republic; Finland; France; Great Britain; Hungary; Norway; Portugal
Spatial Units: Countries;Government Office Regions (GORs); Standard Region (latter two for British data only)
Observation Units: Individuals
Kind of Data: Numeric data; Individual (micro) level

Universe Sampled:
Location of Units of Observation:Cross-national
Population:Respondents to the BSA 2002 and ISSP 2002, in Great Britain, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Hungary, Norway and Portugal.

Methodology:
Time Dimensions: Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Sampling Procedures: For information on sampling, please see documentation for the relevant BSA and ISSP studies.
Number of Units: 2,312 (Britain), 10,447 (seven-country ISSP dataset)
Method of Data Collection: For information on methodology, please see documentation for the relevant BSA and ISSP studies.
Weighting: Weighting used. See documentation for the relevant BSA and ISSP studies for further details.
Data Sources: BSA 2002 (see under SN 4838) and ISSP 2002 (see under SN 5018).

Language(s) of Written Materials:
Study Description: English
Study Documentation: English

Access:
Access Conditions: The depositor has specified that registration is required and standard conditions of use apply. The depositor may be informed about usage. See terms and conditions for further information.
Availability: ESDS International, UK Data Archive
Contact: Help desk: international@esds.ac.uk

Date of Release:
First Edition: 7 September 2005

Copyright:
Copyright National Centre for Social Research (BSA 2002 data) and Zentralarchiv fuer Empirische Sozialforschung (ISSP data)

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