TY - JOUR
T1 - Young Australian women's aspirations for work and family
T2 - Individual and sociocultural differences
AU - Johnstone, Melissa
AU - Lee, Christina
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The arguments underlying Hakim's Lifestyle Preference Theory have initiated debate over the importance of individual preferences, versus social and structural constraints, in women's work and family patterns. This paper investigates the role of sociocultural factors in lifestyle preferences. A total of 6,929 Australian women, aged 25-30 years, from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (ALSWH), were categorised into Hakim's Lifestyle Preference Groups, based on their aspirations for work and family. Rather than cutting across social groups, membership into Lifestyle Preference Groups was significantly related to sociodemographic variables. Further, the findings suggested that Hakim's definition of 'adaptive' women may be too limited to capture the variability of the large number of young Australian women aspiring to combine paid work and family.
AB - The arguments underlying Hakim's Lifestyle Preference Theory have initiated debate over the importance of individual preferences, versus social and structural constraints, in women's work and family patterns. This paper investigates the role of sociocultural factors in lifestyle preferences. A total of 6,929 Australian women, aged 25-30 years, from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (ALSWH), were categorised into Hakim's Lifestyle Preference Groups, based on their aspirations for work and family. Rather than cutting across social groups, membership into Lifestyle Preference Groups was significantly related to sociodemographic variables. Further, the findings suggested that Hakim's definition of 'adaptive' women may be too limited to capture the variability of the large number of young Australian women aspiring to combine paid work and family.
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U2 - 10.1007/s11199-009-9622-8
DO - 10.1007/s11199-009-9622-8
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:70349868475
SN - 0360-0025
VL - 61
SP - 204
EP - 220
JO - Sex Roles
JF - Sex Roles
IS - 3-4
ER -