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Excessive employment of married women

Name(s):

Adverse social consequences of excessive employment of married women

Incidence

A 1975 ILO report on the participation of married women aged 15 and over in the labour force of selected countries showed, for example, that the percentage of married women among active women was 34 for France, 61 for the UK, 57 for the USA, 36 for Argentina, 68 for Hungary, 30 for Chile, 57 for Sweden.

Claim

Married women who work are taking jobs away from men who really need to work.

Counter-claim

Many married women need to earn a substantial portion of their families' income and many more provide the whole support to their families.

Broader

Social inequality

Discrimination in the employment of women with family responsibilities

Reduces

Discrimination against married women

Discrimination against working mothers

Aggravates

Marital instability ^{[in 1 loop]}

Work-family discord

Maternal malnutrition

Inadequate child welfare ^{[in 1 loop]}

Inadequate housing for the aged

Inadequate child day-care facilities ^{[in 2 loops]}

Disruptive maternity leave of employees

Aggravated by

Leave of absence

Inflated material expectations

Marginal level of family income

Gender stereotyping of employment

Reduced by

Unemployment of married women

Strategy(ies)

Assisting working mothers

Value(s)

Type

(E) Emanations of other problems

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