Mothering ideologies : an exploratory study of why mothers work.

• Main Author: Norshahidah Aziz.
• Other Authors: Tan Joo Ean
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Family, marriage and women
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/21195
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The involvement of mothers of younger children in the labour market is a new phenomenon for Singapore. In a qualitative study of twenty married working mothers, with at least one child below the age of six years, this paper seeks to understand the reasons for maternal employment. It will be reported...