Finding Jobs, Forming Families, and Stressing Out? Work, Family, and Stress among Young Adult Women in the United States.
The transition to adulthood is increasingly characterized by complex paths into the world of work and family, especially for young women. Yet how work and family combine to influence stress among young adult women is not well understood. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent...
| Publicado en: | Social Forces Vol. 98; no. 2; pp. 885 - 915 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Dec2019
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