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Interview study reveals substantial role conflict between housework and child care in mothers of preschoolers, highlighting dual structural and social-psychological burdens.
Twenty-seven mothers of preschool children were interviewed to determine what degree of conflict they experienced between the tasks of housework and child care. The components and consequences of housework-child care conflict are examined on both social-psychological and structural levels with application to both theoretical and practical considerations.
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