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Military Families and Work-Family Concerns |
An Interview with Shelley MacDermid
by Judi Casey and Karen Corday |
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Casey: How and why did you become interested in military families?
MacDermid: Like many aspects of my career, it was accidental. I had always had an interest in civilian work and family issues, and, through the course of that work, I met folks who worked for the Department of Defense and became aware of the many programs and policies for military families. About 10 years ago, some colleagues from Purdue and I wrote an application for funding from the DOD to study military families. It has sustained my interest since; it’s been a real privilege to do this work.
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In Japan, women now account for 40% of the labor force. Since 1997, the number of married households with two incomes has exceeded married households with just one inocme. Female labor force participation varies by age and can be plotted on an M-shaped curve. Women in their 30s are at the bottom of the curve (at the middle of the “M”), indicating that many women stop working at the time of childbirth and child-rearing.
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| LITERATURE UPDATES |
The Sloan Work and Family Research Network maintains an online database that contains the citations and annotations of work-family research publications.
One year ago, there were 9,500 citations in the Literature Database. As of May 2009, we now have over 10,550 citations.
Each month, we highlight up to 10 publications that have recently been entered into this database.
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| UPCOMING ISSUES |
Take part in The Network News. Upcoming issues of The Network News will feature:
- Jeremy Adam Smith, author and blogger, on fathers and work-family
- Katie Corrigan and Chai Feldblum on Workplace Flexibility 2010
- Marian Baird on paid parental leave in Australia
Is your work related to any of these topics? If so, please contact us. |
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Judi Casey, MSW, Director / Principal Investigator |
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Karen Corday, MSLIS, Information Services Specialist |
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Mary Curlew, Policy Research Assistant |
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Andrew Kang, Policy Research Assistant |
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Jennifer Lawless, Graphic Designer / Communications Specialist |
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Lauren Leonard, Administrative Assistant |
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Sandee Shulkin, MSW, Project Manager |
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Julie Weber, JD, Policy Specialist |
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