Immense changes in the work and family lives of men and women are well-documented, but their relationship with health and wellbeing remains unclear. This will be a presentation of two halves. First, work investigating life course relationships between work, family and health amongst women in the MRC National Study of Health and Development 1946 birth cohort will be presented, as well as current work evaluating gender and generational differences in relationships in these relationships. Second, parental divisions of labour (paid and unpaid) and child involvement will be examined in relation to child socioemotional behaviour in the Millennium Cohort Study. We will see that maternal employment is linked with health & wellbeing benefits for both women and children.
Presented by:
Anne McMunn (UCL)
Date & time:
February 6, 2012 4:00 pm
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