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Family Inequality

by Philip N. Cohen

Tag: childcare

Ruth Sidel, appreciated

August 27, 2016August 26, 2016Categories In the news1 Comment on Ruth Sidel, appreciated

Awed by her spirit of adventure, the confidence to seize the moment, and the commitment to doing social science for the public interest.

What drives the rise of stay at home fathers?

June 6, 2014June 6, 2014Categories Uncategorized9 Comments on What drives the rise of stay at home fathers?

A real upward trend for stay at home fathers, but the hardcore version remains very rare.

Time with young children

August 21, 2013August 16, 2013Categories Uncategorized5 Comments on Time with young children

On weekdays, women in households with young children spend twice as much time caring for the children as men do. On weekends the ratio is only 1.5-to-1.

Father care: The more things don’t change, the more they stay the same

April 7, 2013April 3, 2013Categories In the news7 Comments on Father care: The more things don’t change, the more they stay the same

Since the mid-1990s: Nothing.

Work-family decisions, in person

July 12, 2012July 12, 2012Categories Research reports1 Comment on Work-family decisions, in person

"The baby’s not going to remember if I was there or not. You know?" And other nuggets about work-family decision-making.

No-leave policy’s long-lived effects

March 7, 2011March 7, 2011Categories In the news3 Comments on No-leave policy’s long-lived effects

Vivid descriptions of how working parents and children suffer when work-family policies let them down.

Getting the story straight on working mothers and children’s risks

March 2, 2011March 1, 2011Categories In the news, Research reports8 Comments on Getting the story straight on working mothers and children’s risks

One risk -- small and manageable in the vast majority of cases, but something to watch out form -- is illness or injury associated with loss of parental supervision.

Welfare system in shambles

May 25, 2010May 25, 2010Categories Uncategorized1 Comment on Welfare system in shambles

Soon the recession-boom cohort of TANF recipients will start hitting their two-year term limits. Woe is them.

TV time at child care

November 23, 2009January 5, 2010Categories Research reportsLeave a Comment on TV time at child care

TV time is one source of stratification in child care quality.

Intensively parenting infants

November 12, 2009January 5, 2010Categories Research reports1 Comment on Intensively parenting infants

Time-use patterns differ by socioeconomic status among the parents of infants.

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Philip N. Cohen

I’m a sociologist at the University of Maryland, College Park. See my website at philipncohen.com for more information.

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