The sandwich generation : role balancing and self-identity for women
Current demographic trends reveal that Singapore is one of the fastest ageing population in Asia. Accompanied by low fertility rates, the burden of supporting the old is increasingly placed in the hands of the working class. In particular, women from the sandwich generation who have both dependen...
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| Format: | Final Year Project |
| Language: | English |
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2017
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/69988 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | Current demographic trends reveal that Singapore is one of the fastest ageing population in
Asia. Accompanied by low fertility rates, the burden of supporting the old is increasingly placed
in the hands of the working class. In particular, women from the sandwich generation who have
both dependent children and elderly parents to take care of while working, are bound to
experience the greatest repercussions. As such, this paper attempts to answer three questions:
(1) What are the strategies Singaporean women from the sandwich generation use to manage
three roles concurrently? (2) Is it possible for these women to achieve role balance? (3) How
do these women construct their identities? In-depth interviews were conducted with 10 middle aged
Chinese women to study the above phenomenon. |
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