ABSTRACT
The findings would form the basis for suggestions for policy, research, and practice, including recommendations for the design of workplace and community-based programs to best meet the needs of working, sandwiched couples. This chapter focuses on how various factors affect work-family fit, well-being, and work outcomes. In particular, the factors examined included personal, family, and work characteristics; role quality in the four roles of spouse, parent, caregiver to an aging parent, and job; coping strategies devised; and workplace supports used. The chapter discusses the implications of the findings for sandwiched-generation couples themselves, for family care practitioners, for policymakers, and for employers and managers. Findings reveal that wives report higher levels of both negative affectivity and family involvement, and lower levels of spousal role quality, than do husbands. The chapter also discusses the methodological limitations associated with the study and make suggestions for future research.
