Abstract
Today, there is a growing number of mothers and dual earning families entering the workforce. I hypothesized that working parents face much stress because they must balance both their work and family responsibilities. I discussed literature and theory such as theory on role and status expectations. I used data from the General Social Survey and choose the variable of feelings of success at ballancing work and family to predict stress. The results of my regression analysis suggested that working parents, both men and women, deal with the conflicts of ballancing both work and family. Through several crosstab analyses, I discovered that job satisfaction is the variable that best predicts feelings of success at ballancing work and family.
Advisor
Fitz Gibbon, Heather
Department
Sociology and Anthropology
Recommended Citation
Brodsky, Alyssa N., "Balancing Work and Family Responsibilities" (1999). Senior Independent Study Theses. Paper 5685.
https://openworks.wooster.edu/independentstudy/5685
Publication Date
1999
Degree Granted
Bachelor of Arts
Document Type
Senior Independent Study Thesis
© Copyright 1999 Alyssa N. Brodsky