Abstract
In this article the authors argue that the increase in labour force participation of married women in the Netherlands is not to be seen as indicating married women's increased emancipation but rather as an outcome of socio-structural, socio-cultural and socio-economic changes within society that severly restrict wives' freedom of choice in their decisions to allocate their time
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 279-295 |
| Journal | Associations |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 1997 |
Keywords
- woman's status
- female labour
- household income
- nuclear families
- family life
- employment
- social change
- economic situation
- living standards
- cultural change
- labour market
- time allocation
- home economics
- gender relations
- netherlands
- emancipation of women
- woman and society