Work–family research has blossomed over the past several decades but mostly remains
focused on traditional couples and heteronormative individuals. However, research …

Background Work and family lives interact in complex ways across individuals' life courses.
In the past decade, many studies constructed work-family trajectories, some also examined …

Objective The current study uses insights from the stress process model and role theory to
examine the relationship between familial incarceration, three key social roles—spouse …

This paper illuminates processes of cumulative disadvantage and the generation of health
inequalities among mothers. It asks whether adverse circumstances early in the life course …

Acute childhood illness is a universal experience for children and families. This paper
presents the central process of a Glaserian grounded theory study which explored family …

Mothers tend to make sacrifices within their family role, including their physical activity
levels. The purpose of this exploratory study was to understand how mothers balanced the …

Background The shared provider responsibility between married couples does not translate
to equally shared division of childcare (CC) and household labor. While some marriages …

RESULTS: Work-family life courses characterised by earlier transitions to parenthood and
weaker long-term links to employment were associated with greater increases in BMI across …

Combining work and family roles can have beneficial consequences on health but could
also result in chronic stress and adverse health outcomes at older ages. This study aimed to …

Aims: Labour force activity and marriage share some pathways through which they
potentially influence health. In this paper, we examine whether marriage and labour force …