Labor Force Participation, Family Adjustment and Parental Stress in Chinese Families: A Gendered View.
This study explored how parents' employment status influenced family adjustment and parental stress in urban China. Based in a large city in South China, we surveyed 17,459 parents of children from fourth to sixth grade in 49 schools in 2021. Results showed that for fathers, employment had a positiv...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Child & Family Studies Vol. 34; no. 10; pp. 2552 - 2565 |
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