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Families face both monetary and non-monetary challenges as they attempt to manage work demands and caregiving responsibilities. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth (NLSY) to analyze the conditions employed parents face in the workforce by family income, we found that low and middle-income families face greater obstacles – at home, in their neighborhoods, in their children’s child care centers and schools, and at their work – than upper income families do. While the resources available to low-and middle-income families are less than those available to upper-income ones, the needs they have to address are greater. As income falls, the amount and severity of health problems among children and the elderly rise.
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For more information, please see: Heymann SJ. Inequalities at Work and at Home: Social
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