Stealing Time and Being There: Fathers, Class and Time

Russell, Carla N

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Stealing Time and Being There: Fathers, Class and Time

dc.contributor.advisor	Naomi R. Gerstel
dc.contributor.author	Russell, Carla N
dc.contributor.department	University of Massachusetts Amherst
dc.contributor.department	Sociology
dc.date	2023-09-22T19:21:20.000
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-26T21:08:49Z
dc.date.available	2024-04-26T21:08:49Z
dc.date.issued	2007-01-01
dc.date.submitted	2007-September
dc.description.abstract	Although the conflicting demands between work and family have been documented for mothers, much less is known about fathers. Specifically, must less is known about how family and work influence the work hours and schedules of fathers and how these influences might vary by class. In this paper, I use multi-methods to compare a relatively affluent group of professionals (physicians) to a group of working class fathers (emergency medical technicians) in how work and family influence their hours and schedules. I find that, on the one hand, the working-class fathers, while saying that their children are not a great influence on the schedules, are more likely to manipulate their schedules in order to participate in the daily care of their children in response to spouses’ employment, or perform “private fathering.” Physicians, on the other hand, are more likely claim the importance of their children on their schedules, but prioritize work demands and participate with their children through their children’s special events, or practice “public fathering.” These differences are class-related, based on the work and family structures in place for each group of fathers.
dc.description.degree	Master of Arts (M.A.)
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.7275/334082
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/47258
dc.relation.url	https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1070&context=theses&unstamped=1
dc.source.status	published
dc.subject	Sociology
dc.subject	fathers
dc.subject	class
dc.subject	time
dc.subject	hours
dc.subject	schedules
dc.subject	gender
dc.title	Stealing Time and Being There: Fathers, Class and Time
dc.type	open
dc.type	article
dc.type	thesis
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digcom.identifier.contextkey	334082
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