Moira Maconachie
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 4271630 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Moira Maconachie |
| NOMBRES | Moira |
| APELLIDO | Maconachie |
| FIRMA | MACONACHIE M |
| AFILIACIONES | Human Sciences Research Council |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 15 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 53 |
| OBRAS COMO AUTOR | 15 |
| OBRAS COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1983 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2007 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Gender Life Course Transitions from the Nuclear Family in England and Wales 1981-2001
In recent years there has been much political debate in the popular media about the fate of the nuclear family in the UK. Very little work has been done, using population data, to actually demonstrate the decline, or indeed continuance of this type of household formation. In this paper we use Office for National Statistics (ONS) longitudinal census data, from England and Wales, to explore the formation, dissolution and continuance of the nuclear …
Long‐Termness’ with Regard to Sickness and Disability
Longitudinal data are used to explore the reliability of long‐term illness measures using information on ‘long‐term/permanent sickness or disability’ as recorded via the question on economic activity in the Census of England and Wales. Specifically it is asked ‘what evidence is there that individuals answer the item on long‐term sickness or disability in the same way at different time points?’. The research is based on data from the Office for Na…
Living Alone
In recent decades there has been a significant rise in the numbers of people who live alone and it was predicted that by 2002 that a third of all households will be single-person households. The predicted increase has occurred with indications of continued growth in this type of living arrangement. Furthermore, although living alone remains common among older age groups, the largest growth has been within younger populations. This demographic tre…
Battered Women Seeking Solutions
This study is based on in-depth interviews with 21 women who were past residents of a shelter for battered women in Cape Town, South Africa. It documents the difficulties the women experienced when separating from the batterer, going to the shelter, and starting a new life. The women identify the shelter as a catalyst in transforming their lives. Although the study was limited to a specific sample of battered women, the authors believe the findin…
Patterns of Women's Employment in the 1991 Census
Where Are the Women Voters
Moira Maconachie, Milla Mclachlan, Jenny Schreiner and Johan van Zyl respond to the report on potential voters by the Development Bank of South Africa
The allocation of domestic tasks by white married couples
This article describes the allocation of housework, gardening and car maintenance tasks by a sample of white married couples. The issues explored concern the impact of a wife's employment status and the employment of domestic service on the division of tasks between wives and husbands. The findings show that gender symmetry exists, wives perform 'women's tasks' and husbands perform 'men's tasks'. Wives were, however, responsible for performing a …
Childcare
The focus was on the childcare arrangements made by a sample of white married couples who were parents of children up to the age of twelve years old. Some sample wives were employed full time, some part time and others were full-time housewives. Couples were asked who cared for their children in the morning, afternoon, evening and when they were both out for the evening. The aim was to find out what arrangements white dual-earner and male-breadwi…
Formal women's studies in pursuit of feminism
The advent of Women's Studies within the academic world has been rejected by some feminists who consider it an impossible venture and an attempt to co-opt feminism. It has been defended by those feminists who see it as providing support for feminists as well as an alternative space from which to criticize the rest of the academy. Other feminists have abandoned the idea of a separate Women's Studies and argue that each discipline should take up th…
Exploring the marital histories of some white South Africans
The developmental pathway approach is compared to the traditional family life cycle approach with family development and is regarded as more appropriate for understanding family change: The marital histories of the study sample, which include incidents of marital disruption, are presented for discussion, ideologies of ‘the family’ are questioned and, finally, it is suggested that marital disruption should be considered as an integral part of the …
Dual-earner couples
A central constraint on white married women's employment was found to be the responsibility for the care of their children, particularly younger children. Sample wives were most likely to be employed on a full-time basis if they had either no or limited child-care obligations, or if their husbands' incomes were relatively low and they had access to domestic help. They were least likely to be employed when they were mothers of young children and t…
Looking for Patterns of Women's Employment and Educational Achievements in the 1985 Census
Looking for Patterns of Women's Employment and Educational Achievements in the 1985 Census
Bound by language
Despite popular belief that there has been a change from ascriptive patterns of marital partner selection to selection based on free choice, evidence suggests that marriages still take place between partners who share similar social backgrounds. Similarity between marital partners is called homogamy and studies of homogamy show whether clear patterns of selection exist or not. This article concerns itself with marital partner selection among Whit…
Class, race and gender
Domestic service has long been a major sector of the South African labour market, for black women particularly, but the government has only lately begun to consider stipulating minimum employment conditions in this sphere. Union formation among domestic workers on any significant scale is also only a recent phenomenon. This article takes a preliminary look at domestic service from various angles — conceptual, historical and contemporary. A new sl…
Class, race and gender
Domestic service has long been a major sector of the South African labour market, for black women particularly, but the government has only lately begun to consider stipulating minimum employment conditions in this sphere. Union formation among domestic workers on any significant scale is also only a recent phenomenon. This article takes a preliminary look at domestic service from various angles — conceptual, historical and contemporary. A new sl…
Living Alone
In recent decades there has been a significant rise in the numbers of people who live alone and it was predicted that by 2002 that a third of all households will be single-person households. The predicted increase has occurred with indications of continued growth in this type of living arrangement. Furthermore, although living alone remains common among older age groups, the largest growth has been within younger populations. This demographic tre…
Looking for Patterns of Women's Employment and Educational Achievements in the 1985 Census
Battered Women Seeking Solutions
This study is based on in-depth interviews with 21 women who were past residents of a shelter for battered women in Cape Town, South Africa. It documents the difficulties the women experienced when separating from the batterer, going to the shelter, and starting a new life. The women identify the shelter as a catalyst in transforming their lives. Although the study was limited to a specific sample of battered women, the authors believe the findin…
Looking for Patterns of Women's Employment and Educational Achievements in the 1985 Census
Gender Life Course Transitions from the Nuclear Family in England and Wales 1981-2001
In recent years there has been much political debate in the popular media about the fate of the nuclear family in the UK. Very little work has been done, using population data, to actually demonstrate the decline, or indeed continuance of this type of household formation. In this paper we use Office for National Statistics (ONS) longitudinal census data, from England and Wales, to explore the formation, dissolution and continuance of the nuclear …
Class, race and gender
Domestic service has long been a major sector of the South African labour market, for black women particularly, but the government has only lately begun to consider stipulating minimum employment conditions in this sphere. Union formation among domestic workers on any significant scale is also only a recent phenomenon. This article takes a preliminary look at domestic service from various angles — conceptual, historical and contemporary. A new sl…
Bound by language
Despite popular belief that there has been a change from ascriptive patterns of marital partner selection to selection based on free choice, evidence suggests that marriages still take place between partners who share similar social backgrounds. Similarity between marital partners is called homogamy and studies of homogamy show whether clear patterns of selection exist or not. This article concerns itself with marital partner selection among Whit…
Formal women's studies in pursuit of feminism
The advent of Women's Studies within the academic world has been rejected by some feminists who consider it an impossible venture and an attempt to co-opt feminism. It has been defended by those feminists who see it as providing support for feminists as well as an alternative space from which to criticize the rest of the academy. Other feminists have abandoned the idea of a separate Women's Studies and argue that each discipline should take up th…
Exploring the marital histories of some white South Africans
The developmental pathway approach is compared to the traditional family life cycle approach with family development and is regarded as more appropriate for understanding family change: The marital histories of the study sample, which include incidents of marital disruption, are presented for discussion, ideologies of ‘the family’ are questioned and, finally, it is suggested that marital disruption should be considered as an integral part of the …
Dual-earner couples
A central constraint on white married women's employment was found to be the responsibility for the care of their children, particularly younger children. Sample wives were most likely to be employed on a full-time basis if they had either no or limited child-care obligations, or if their husbands' incomes were relatively low and they had access to domestic help. They were least likely to be employed when they were mothers of young children and t…
Looking for Patterns of Women's Employment and Educational Achievements in the 1985 Census
Looking for Patterns of Women's Employment and Educational Achievements in the 1985 Census
Childcare
The focus was on the childcare arrangements made by a sample of white married couples who were parents of children up to the age of twelve years old. Some sample wives were employed full time, some part time and others were full-time housewives. Couples were asked who cared for their children in the morning, afternoon, evening and when they were both out for the evening. The aim was to find out what arrangements white dual-earner and male-breadwi…
The allocation of domestic tasks by white married couples
This article describes the allocation of housework, gardening and car maintenance tasks by a sample of white married couples. The issues explored concern the impact of a wife's employment status and the employment of domestic service on the division of tasks between wives and husbands. The findings show that gender symmetry exists, wives perform 'women's tasks' and husbands perform 'men's tasks'. Wives were, however, responsible for performing a …
Patterns of Women's Employment in the 1991 Census
Where Are the Women Voters
Moira Maconachie, Milla Mclachlan, Jenny Schreiner and Johan van Zyl respond to the report on potential voters by the Development Bank of South Africa
Battered Women Seeking Solutions
This study is based on in-depth interviews with 21 women who were past residents of a shelter for battered women in Cape Town, South Africa. It documents the difficulties the women experienced when separating from the batterer, going to the shelter, and starting a new life. The women identify the shelter as a catalyst in transforming their lives. Although the study was limited to a specific sample of battered women, the authors believe the findin…
Living Alone
In recent decades there has been a significant rise in the numbers of people who live alone and it was predicted that by 2002 that a third of all households will be single-person households. The predicted increase has occurred with indications of continued growth in this type of living arrangement. Furthermore, although living alone remains common among older age groups, the largest growth has been within younger populations. This demographic tre…
Long‐Termness’ with Regard to Sickness and Disability
Longitudinal data are used to explore the reliability of long‐term illness measures using information on ‘long‐term/permanent sickness or disability’ as recorded via the question on economic activity in the Census of England and Wales. Specifically it is asked ‘what evidence is there that individuals answer the item on long‐term sickness or disability in the same way at different time points?’. The research is based on data from the Office for Na…
Gender Life Course Transitions from the Nuclear Family in England and Wales 1981-2001
In recent years there has been much political debate in the popular media about the fate of the nuclear family in the UK. Very little work has been done, using population data, to actually demonstrate the decline, or indeed continuance of this type of household formation. In this paper we use Office for National Statistics (ONS) longitudinal census data, from England and Wales, to explore the formation, dissolution and continuance of the nuclear …
Political science (10 obras) · Sociology (10 obras) · Economics (9 obras) · Psychology (9 obras) · Demographic economics (8 obras) · Geography (7 obras) · Census (6 obras) · Demography (6 obras) · Gender Studies (6 obras) · Population (6 obras)