| Summary: | 碩士 === 東吳大學 === 社會學系 === 102 === In pace with female labor force participation rate has increased annually, double-income families have gradually become the mainstream of the family structure. Role expectations toward women, however, are not changed. The expectations for the role regarding to motherhood are even promoted. The modern women especially those who have received high level of education are struggling for balance between work and family with their limited time and energy. Role conflict between family and work becomes not only a problem for career women, but also an important social issue that social policy needs to face. In order to investigate motherhood stress for married career women, this study collects and analyzes some dimensions of their family experience such as role conflict between work and family and division of household. Working mothers’ expectations for assistance from family, employer and government are discussed.
This study employs focus group interview, a qualitative research method to collect data from 11 female staffs serve in a private university who are married and have at least a child under age of 18. With the interviews content, we collected and analyzed the data by using the method of Illustrative Method. There are three major findings. First, married career women encounter conflicts between work and family roles and the way to cope with is determined by the age of children and the domestic strategy they used to cope with is periodic. Second, in terms of time and energy, unequal division of housework is a key factor raising motherhood stress. Finally, from the positive perspective, although work is conflicting with family, family takes advantage from work. On the basis of these findings , the direction of future research and social policy making are suggested.
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