Households work : productive activities, women and income in the household economy

Abstract

Part 1 Household productive activities: Households and the household economy Household productive activities Work in households - an overview and three studies The household economy and social class. Part 2 Women in the household: Women in the home Female sole-parent households Older women living alone. Part 3 Income support for households: Perspectives of fifty low-income households Income support, the labour market and the household The value of work in marriage.