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COMMUNICATIONAL COMBINING WORK AND FAMILY LIFE; IMPACT ON MATERNITY
Zdenka Damjanić
; Ekonomski fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
Combining professional and family responsibilities is an important factor that affects model families who prefer working women in Croatia. The dual- earner family model today is the norm in most developed countries. The aim of this study was to examine the values of family and work life, and what is family model favored by students of the Economics Faculty in Zagreb. The research survey on a sample of 420 students of Economics Faculty various ages, using statistical techniques, we examined the preferred forms of family and student attitudes on preferences that are in the labor market. Results show that among the vast majority of tested students preferred model of two earners in a family where both parents are doing paid work outside the household. 40% of students considered to be optimal to have two children and work full time, while 30% think that it is optimal to have one child. To achieve a successful career, 30% of students considered the desirability of one child, 37% two children, and that the number of children is not considered a significant 29% of female students. It is interesting to realize that successful family life only 4% thought that one child is enough , tells us about their willingness to achieve motherhood with two or more children. It is revealing that about 30% of women disavow work outside the home to raise their children. 95% of female students wants career in paid work and have children even though it says that the commitment of future economist in reconciling work and family life.
Ključne riječi
combining professional and family responsibilities; employed women; female students
Hrčak ID:
122439
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Datum izdavanja:
30.3.2014.
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