|
|
| · Part-time worker. Cared for baby
while his wife was at work. |
|
| · Undertook the most of the cooking,
cleaning, dish washing and ironing. |
|
| · Gave emotional support to his wife
when she returned home (from her role as a nurse). |
|
| · Allowed his wife to expand her skill
through training and subordinated his own need for
training (background role). |
|
| · Shared household's economic management
with wife. |
|
|
| |
|
| RESPONDENT |
B |
| Family situation |
Nuclear |
| Ethnicity |
Afro-Caribbean |
| Age |
73 |
| Sex |
Male |
|
|
|
| · Childcare while his wife was working. |
|
| · Took on the role of carer by nurturing
his children emotionally. Had greatest responsibility
for their personal development. |
|
| · Shared in the domestic duties of
the home. |
|
| · Shared household's economic management
with wife. |
|
|
| |
|
| RESPONDENT |
C |
| Family situation |
Nuclear |
| Ethnicity |
Afro-Caribbean |
| Age |
58 |
| Sex |
Female |
|
|
|
| · Role of breadwinner |
|
| · Acquired skills and training required
for professional advancement. |
|
| · Strongly shared decision making
with husband (within household) |
|
| · Actively pushed the children forward
into educational opportunities. |
|
| · Confronted authority figures (when
they were acting unfairly) and managed disputes
between her children and the school. |
|
| · Responsible for household
economic management. |
|
|
| |
|
| RESPONDENT |
D |
| Family situation |
Nuclear |
| Ethnicity |
Indian |
| Age |
60 |
| Sex |
Female |
|
|
|
| · Actively pursued own professional
development, so as to increase her employment prospects. |
|
| · Personally ambitious. |
|
| · Managed any conflicts between family
members and neighbours/authorities. |
|
| · Politically active within a patriarchal
power structure |
|
| · Responsibility for household economic
management. |
|
|
| |
|
| RESPONDENT |
E |
| Family situation |
Nuclear |
| Ethnicity |
Afro-Caribbean |
| Age |
60 |
| Sex |
Female |
|
|
|
| · Shared role of breadwinner with
husband. |
|
| · Acquired professional development
so as to increase her prospects as a nurse, and
in so doing benefit the family. |
|
| · Used own wages to purchase properties
as an investment |
|
| · Shared household's economic management
with husband. |
|
| · Shares responsibility for educational
and moral development of children. |
|
|
| |
|
| RESPONDENT |
F |
| Family situation |
Single parent extended family |
| Ethnicity |
Afro-Caribbean |
| Age |
65 |
| Sex |
Female |
|
|
|
| · Responsibility for household economic
management. |
|
| · Shared responsibility (along with
father) for wellbeing of siblings living at home
|
|
| · Totally responsible for economic
wellbeing of her own child. |
|
| · Seeking training and professional
development so as to improve employment prospects. |
|
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