WORKING AND MOTHERING - Women's strategies in Spain

Tobío, Constanza

doi:10.1080/14616690120079369

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“…This difference increases as status decreases and is highest for Spanish women manual labourers, although differences in Spain are not significant for occupational status. For Tobío (2001Tobío ( , 2005, Spanish women with high social status have more economic resources and thus an easier time satisfying their domestic needs by hiring support on the market. In contrast, Spanish women manual workers must rely on informal help, such as relatives (especially grandparents, as Fernández Alonso 2012 shows) or fall into what is termed work overload (Tobío 2005).…”

Section: Descriptive Analysis Of the Conflict In Spain And Great Britainmentioning

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The Modernisation Process Through the Perceptions of Work–Family in Spain and Great Britain

Gaspar

2013

European Societies

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This paper explores the workÁfamily conflict as perceived by working parents in two European countries, Spain and Great Britain (GB). Using data from the International Social Survey Programme, ISSP 2002, we examine the factors that explain the high level of conflict in the two countries, for both men and women. Whereas sex, age and having children at home impact the level of conflict in Spain, education level as a proxy for class is more relevant in the GB. The contrasting perceptions of the workÁfamily conflict in the two countries may be taken as indicators of each country's stage in what has been called the 'modernization process'. This study seeks to understand the relationship between the level of 'modernization' and the perception of a high level of conflict in the attempt to reconcile the workÁfamily conflict, focusing on the process of 'individualization' on the one hand and measurement of 'the perception of the level of conflict by sex' on the other. 1 The study argues that the difference between these high levels of conflict is explained by variables that refer to ascribed status in Spain (a protraditional model) but to acquired status in GB (a non-interventionist model) indicated by the influence of education level as a variable resulting from a person's effort.

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Section: Descriptive Analysis Of the Conflict In Spain And Great Britainmentioning

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The Modernisation Process Through the Perceptions of Work–Family in Spain and Great Britain

Gaspar

2013

European Societies

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“…The emotional ties within families in these case studies are gendered to a certain degree. Gender roles are key factors as mothers bear the brunt of the responsibilities for looking after their children, especially as the majority of mothers of adult children do not work, though this will increase for future generations (Tobío 2001). Among the interviewees, mothers who did work employed domestic help, though none of the mothers in the four case studies worked.…”

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‘When Are the Children Going to Leave Home!’: Family Culture and Delayed Transitions in Spain

Holdsworth

2005

European Societies

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This paper distinguishes the characteristics of recent trends towards older ages of leaving home in Spain. Based on analysis of in-depth interviews with young people and parents from Bilbao in the Basque Country, I explore how familism and family solidarity play a key role in the current trend towards delayed family formation, focusing on the postponement of leaving home. This analysis illustrates the various leaving home strategies that young Basque people adopt, and how these are negotiated with parents and other family members. The analysis of the interview data also captures the ways in which young people negotiate with and recreate family culture, both while living in and leaving the parental home. The different strategies adopted by young people are classified by a typology based on the extent to which young people recognise and conform to a prescribed cultural model of behaviour, namely leaving home to get married and (preferably) buy a property.

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“…Three-quarters of the working mothers have a close relative living in the same town; in more than half of the cases it is their own mother (Tobío, 2001). Help provided by 'granny-mothers' has become indispensable for Spanish working mothers, who can rely on them without reservations.…”

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Spain's Transition to New Risks: A Farewell to ‘Superwomen’

Moreno¹

2004

New Risks, New Welfare

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Mediterranean welfare states, of which Spain is a major example, have traditionally relied on family support and in particular on the unwaged work of women to provide child and elder care and to support members who have a weak labour market position. During the 1980s and 1990s, social spending has increased and the regional system has played an important role in driving reform and welfare state expansion. However, greater labour market flexibility and demands on women to work have placed even more stress on the family system.

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WORKING AND MOTHERING - Women's strategies in Spain

Cited by 43 publications

References 4 publications

The Modernisation Process Through the Perceptions of Work–Family in Spain and Great Britain

The Modernisation Process Through the Perceptions of Work–Family in Spain and Great Britain

‘When Are the Children Going to Leave Home!’: Family Culture and Delayed Transitions in Spain

Spain's Transition to New Risks: A Farewell to ‘Superwomen’

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