Women‘s Strategies for Reconciling Paid Work and Care Responsibilities for Pre-school Children in Brno
Women‘s Strategies for Reconciling Paid Work and Care Responsibilities for Pre-school Children in Brno

Author(s): Martina Kampichler
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Labor relations, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Paid work; Gender studies; Labour relations; pre-school children; Brno;
Summary/Abstract: In this chapter we present the key results of two focus group discussions (one with women with higher educational attainment and one with women with lower educational attainment) which were organized in March 2013 with employed women with pre-school children living in Brno. In our analysis, we primarily focus on how these women manage to reconcile their gainful employment with their care responsibilities. After an overall outline of the method of focus group discussions, the presentation of our results begins with how meaningfully the respondents perceive their employment. We then move on to their reconciling strategies and based on that will analyse their decision making on both their labour market integration as well as their care arrangements.

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