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Only one pair of hands: Ways that single mothers stretch work and family resources

Rosanna Hertz Department of Women's Studies, Wellesley College, MA, 02181
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Faith I. Ferguson Department of Sociology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, 02254, USA
Pages 13-37 | Published online: 07 Jan 2008

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Jenny Alsarve. (2020) Friendship, reciprocity and similarity: lone mothers and their relationships with friends. Community, Work & Family 23:4, pages 401-418.
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Denise M. Polk. (2013) Youth perceptions about parental spillover: influences and impacts. Community, Work & Family 16:4, pages 390-400.
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Tanya Romero-González, Diane Sabenacio Nititham & Sara Cooper. 2023. Academic Mothers Building Online Communities. Academic Mothers Building Online Communities 239 276 .
Rosanna Hertz, Jane Mattes & Alexandria Shook. (2020) When Paid Work Invades the Family: Single Mothers in the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Family Issues 42:9, pages 2019-2045.
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Rosanna Hertz. (2020) Single Mothers as Bricoleurs: Crafting Embryos and Kin. Journal of Family Issues 42:1, pages 58-87.
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Dries Van Gasse & Dimitri Mortelmans. (2020) With or Without You – Starting Single-parent Families: A Qualitative Study on How Single Parents by Choice Reorganise Their Lives to Facilitate Single Parenthood from a Life Course Perspective. Journal of Family Issues 41:11, pages 2223-2248.
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Sophie Zadeh. 2020. Assistierte Reproduktion mit Hilfe Dritter. Assistierte Reproduktion mit Hilfe Dritter 389 399 .
Talia Esnard. (2016) Mothering and Entrepreneurship: Experiences of Single Women in St. Lucia. Women, Gender, and Families of Color 4:1, pages 108-132.
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Rosanna Hertz, Ana María Rivas & María Isabel Rubio Jociles. 2016. Encyclopedia of Family Studies. Encyclopedia of Family Studies 1 5 .
David Poveda, María Isabel Jociles & Ana María Rivas. (2014) Socialization into single-parent-by-choice family life. Journal of Sociolinguistics 18:3, pages 319-344.
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Wilma Bakker & Lia Karsten. (2013) Balancing paid work, care and leisure in post-separation households. Acta Sociologica 56:2, pages 173-187.
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Krista Lynn Minnotte. (2011) Family Structure, Gender, and the Work–Family Interface: Work-to-Family Conflict Among Single and Partnered Parents. Journal of Family and Economic Issues 33:1, pages 95-107.
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Terrie Fitzpatrick, Bonnie Janzen, Sylvia Abonyi & Ivan Kelly. (2012) Factors Associated with Perceived Time Pressure among Employed Mothers and Fathers. Psychology 03:02, pages 165-174.
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Cesar Augusto Piccinini, Angela Helena Marin, Patricia Alvarenga, Rita de Cássia Sobreira Lopes & Jonathan Richard Tudge. (2007) Responsividade materna em famílias de mães solteiras e famílias nucleares no terceiro mês de vida da criança. Estudos de Psicologia (Natal) 12:2, pages 109-117.
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Richenda Gambles, Suzan Lewis & Rhona Rapoport. 2006. The Myth of Work‒Life Balance. The Myth of Work‒Life Balance 99 106 .
Phyllis Moen. (2005) Beyond the Career Mystique: “Time In,” “Time Out,” and “Second Acts”. Sociological Forum 20:2, pages 189-208.
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Margie L. Kiter Edwards. (2004) We're Decent People: Constructing and Managing Family Identity in Rural Working-Class Communities. Journal of Marriage and Family 66:2, pages 515-529.
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ROBERT M. ORRANGE. (2016) Aspiring Law and Business Professionals' Orientations to Work and Family Life. Journal of Family Issues 23:2, pages 287-317.
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Suzan Lewis, Janet Smithson & Julia Brannen. (2016) Young Europeans' Orientations to Families and Work. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 562:1, pages 83-97.
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Rosanna Hertz. (2016) Working to Place Family at the Center of Life: Dual-Earner and Single-Parent Strategies. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 562:1, pages 16-31.
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