ABSTRACT

Across the world, unpaid care work - unpaid housework, care of persons, and "volunteer" work - is done predominantly by women. This book presents and compares unpaid care work patterns in seven different countries. It analyzes data drawn from large-scale time use surveys carried out under the auspices of the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD). With its in-depth concentration on time use patterns in developing nations, this book will offer many new insights for scholars of gender and care.

chapter 2|23 pages

Tanzania: Care in the Context of HIV and AIDS

ByDEBBIE BUDLENDER

chapter 3|23 pages

South Africa: When Marriage and the Nuclear Family Are Not the Norm

ByDEBBIE BUDLENDER

chapter 4|26 pages

Unpaid Care Work: Analysis of the Indian Time Use Data

ByNEETHA N. AND RAJNI PALRIWALA

chapter 6|29 pages

Analysis of Time Use Surveys on Work and Care in Japan

ByYUKO TAMIYA, MASATO SHIKATA

chapter 7|26 pages

The Case of Nicaragua

chapter 8|26 pages

Unpaid Care Work in the City of Buenos Aires

ByVALERIA ESQUIVEL