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FAMILY OR CAREER – THE DILEMMAS OF TODAY’S YOUNG WOMEN

Author(s): Dorota Gębuś
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: modern family; woman; family role; professional role

Summary/Abstract: In this article a subject of interest is a conflict of roles that modern women have to deal with. The aim of testing, presented in the article, was to find the answer to the question: “What do young women think about how to connect their role at work and in family?”. Survey researches were carried out in a group of 120 women in age from 23 to 26. They filled out questionnaire that contained opened and closed questions. It showed that most of them want to develop at work and it is more important at the moment. Almost half of women are able to postpone starting the family in order to upgrade at work. They have dilemmas how to bring together family and professional roles. Although work is very important for them, more than a half of them will choose family at the expense of professional develop.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 51
  • Page Range: 187-203
  • Page Count: 17