Labor Force Participation, Regional Location, and Economic Well-Being of Single Mothers in Russia

Kanji, Shireen

doi:10.1007/s10834-010-9198-z

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“…The major way to circumvent aspects of the discrimination against mothers is to have someone else, typically babushka, available to care for children. 5 Many single mothers cannot work unless grandmothers provide child care (Kanji 2010). Single mothers with babushka support are able to better approximate ideal-worker norms (Williams 2000).…”

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“…However, the Russian state and scholarship is still relatively silent about the grandmothers who are central figures in family life (Rotkirch, Temkina, and Zdravomyslova 2007). The number of mothers living with children and grandparents increased during the 1990s (Lokshin, Harris, and Popkin 2000), with one-third of children in single-mother households living with at least one grandparent (Kanji 2010). Irrespective of where grandparents reside, relying on parents is the primary survival strategy for single mothers (Clarke 2002).…”

Section: Age and Gender Relations In Families: The Post-soviet Transimentioning

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Youth Privilege

Utrata

2011

Gender & Society

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Relative to gender, race, and class, age relations are undertheorized. Yet age, like gender, is routinely accomplished in daily life. Grandmothers and adult daughters simultaneously do age and gender as they support one another in managing paid work and domestic responsibilities. Drawing on ethnographic data and interviews with 90 single mothers and 30 grandmothers (babushki) in Russia, I explore intergenerational negotiations for support. Both single mothers and grandmothers are held accountable for doing gendered age, but labor and marriage markets tip the balance in favor of single mothers. Single mothers re-create youth privilege, finding their lives simpler with a babushka. Some grandmothers embrace newer discourses of femininity, challenging assumptions about age and family status that oblige them to perform care work. But most grandmothers do whatever they can to help daughters, feeling more dependent than ever on them because of the uncertainties of capitalism and the state’s retrenchment. I contribute to theories of age and gender intersectionality by making visible both single mothers’ youth privilege and grandmothers’ unpaid, often devalued, care work.

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Section: Age and Gender Relations In Families: The Post-soviet Transimentioning

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Youth Privilege

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2011

Gender & Society

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“…Women who initially depend on their husbands for life will become independent after divorce, or their husbands die. Meanwhile, another study states that single mothers who do not receive economic support from their ex-husbands' experience decreased psychological well-being (Choi & Jackson, 2011;Kanji, 2010;Taylor & Conger, 2017). This happens to single mothers who have never worked before the divorce, have low education, or do not have unique skills and expertise.…”

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Single Mothers' Survival Strategies of University Students During Covid-19 Pandemic

Febrianto

2021

Society (Bangka. Online)

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The COVID-19 pandemic impacted the social and economic sectors. Family, the smallest social unit, is experiencing the impact, particularly for the woman as single-parent. Being a single parent is either a choice, decision, or condition that must be accepted due to the spouse’s passing or other condition. Single parents carried numerous burdens alone, including earning a living and raising the children. These burdens have a significant impact on single parents. This study aims to reveal single-parent families’ survival mechanisms. The research applied a qualitative method by interviewing single mothers from university students in East Java Province, Indonesia. This study used the theory of survival mechanism proposed by James Scott. The study found that instabilities generated by the COVID-19 pandemic produced enormous diminishing income. Such ordeals faced by single parents are burdensome because they initially had to support the family amid the feeble economy. Income vulnerability becomes a deep concern for single mothers. Pandemic COVID-19 caused these mothers to empower themselves and develop various survival strategies. The mothers from middle-class families live frugally and selective when they buy something they need. While mothers from lower-class families did different survival mechanisms, range from careful spending, owe some money, and open a business using their ex-husband’s savings. Furthermore, they are also working overtime, empowering their children to help with the work, diversifying jobs by opening food stalls up to have an online shop. Therefore, it can be assumed that the COVID-19 pandemic has made single parents struggle even more to fulfil their family needs.

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“…A large body of research on lone female parenthood has dealt with their poverty and economic hardships (Burstrom et al, 2010;Finn & Gloster, 2010;Livermore, Powers, Creel Davis, & Lim, 2011;Malone, Stewart, Wilson, & Korsching, 2010;Taylor, 2011;Zeiders, Roosa, & Tein, 2011), low wages (McLanahan & Percheski, 2008, wage instability (Morrissette & Ostrovsky, 2006), poor mental health (Carlson & Williams, 2011;Koropeckyj-Cox, Pienta, & Brown, 2007;Zeiders et al, 2011), and the negative academic and psychosocial impact on their children (Elliot & Vaitilingam, 2008;Pong, Dronkers, & Hampden-Thompson, 2003). Fewer studies have focused on how lone mothers maintain their families (Dewilde, 2008;Kanji, 2011;Lokshin, Harris, & Popkin, 2000;Millar, 2008;Taylor, 2011). These studies were largely American and European.…”

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Household Maintenance and Decision Making in Lone Female Parent Families in Ghana

Kpoor

2013

Journal of Family Issues

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This study investigates household maintenance and decision making among lone female parents in Accra using in-depth interviews and a survey. The study examines how lone mothers economically provide for their children and households and whether they make major decisions. The major findings are that the majority of single mothers through gainful employment bear the bulk of responsibility in the maintenance of children and the household in addition to making major decisions. Kin of lone mothers, on the other hand, mostly assist the women, especially the few unemployed mothers with providing for children, housing, and household chores. The majority of children's fathers fulfill their responsibility in the payment of school fees; however, most do not provide for the nutritional and clothing needs of their children. The study concludes that single female parents to a large extent provide the needs of their households and are largely responsible for household decisions.

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Labor Force Participation, Regional Location, and Economic Well-Being of Single Mothers in Russia

Abstract: Russia, Single mothers, Work,

Cited by 8 publications

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Youth Privilege

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Single Mothers' Survival Strategies of University Students During Covid-19 Pandemic

Household Maintenance and Decision Making in Lone Female Parent Families in Ghana

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