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The position of woman between the worlds of labour and family

In this work the role of woman between the worlds of work and family has been analysed. The aim of research has been to learn similarities and differences of Croatia, Austria and Poland in relation with the position of woman in the worlds of family and labour. The subjects of our opinion poll were young people and their parents from three aforementioned countries. This article analyses attitudes and opinions of the subjects in relation to employment of women in society: level of education of employed women, rate of women's employment, the subjects' attitudes towards the role of employed woman as mother and traditional distribution of the roles: woman-housewife and father/man-breadwinner. After observation of woman's role in the world of work, we transfer to the issue of role distribution within family itself. Opinions/attitudes about distribution of domestic chores, decision-making power and quantity of time spent with family are being analysed. On the ground of aforementioned analyses of the results, it seems to be justified to make a conclusion that women today have a double role: they are integrated into the world of labour in all of three countries, but they still have a dominant role in their households. Attitudes related to the traditional roles of father-breadwinner and mother-housewife/one who takes care of children are present in all three countries. Such attitude is today less expressed among young people and in economically less developed countries, what points to a transformational process of family.

employment of women; family; family roles; childcare; decision-making power.

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