A Sociological Study on Working Women in Türkiye: Welfare Regime, Familism and Experiences of Reconciling Employment with Unpaid Domestic and Care Works
This research examines 36 married women with children who are employed in different professions in Türkiye, predominantly in the service sector. On one hand, the study aims to analyze the similarities and differences among these women using quantitative data on sociodemographic, socioeconomic, and c...
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| description | This research examines 36 married women with children who are employed in different professions in Türkiye, predominantly in the service sector. On one hand, the study aims to analyze the similarities and differences among these women using quantitative data on sociodemographic, socioeconomic, and childcare tasks. On the other hand, it seeks to understand how women interpret their double burden, childcare responsibilities shared within the family and working conditions during the pandemic. The study applied hierarchical clustering and k-means method to the quantitative data then discovers the compatibilities and incompatibilities between the quantitative and qualitative data. Clusters 1 and 2 are shown to be close to feminist consciousness, with work having a liberating meaning for them. One common tendency was able to be observed in Clusters 3, 4, 5 and 6 with the participants perceiving the double burden as a duty/obligation and not perceiving work as liberating. Furthermore, their status at work was found to have led to inequalities in terms of the use of social security during the pandemic. The fact that almost all respondents continue to have their children looked after by their mothers or mothers-in-law suggests that familism remains a strong source of welfare. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-45296e12af314dbb8e93b201b1f64a962025-08-20T03:48:51ZengIstanbul University PressSosyal Siyaset Konferansları Dergisi1304-01032548-04052023-12-0185799810.26650/jspc.2023.85.1357096123456A Sociological Study on Working Women in Türkiye: Welfare Regime, Familism and Experiences of Reconciling Employment with Unpaid Domestic and Care WorksMustafa Gültekin0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6583-0265Pamukkale Üniversitesi, Denizli, TurkiyeThis research examines 36 married women with children who are employed in different professions in Türkiye, predominantly in the service sector. On one hand, the study aims to analyze the similarities and differences among these women using quantitative data on sociodemographic, socioeconomic, and childcare tasks. On the other hand, it seeks to understand how women interpret their double burden, childcare responsibilities shared within the family and working conditions during the pandemic. The study applied hierarchical clustering and k-means method to the quantitative data then discovers the compatibilities and incompatibilities between the quantitative and qualitative data. Clusters 1 and 2 are shown to be close to feminist consciousness, with work having a liberating meaning for them. One common tendency was able to be observed in Clusters 3, 4, 5 and 6 with the participants perceiving the double burden as a duty/obligation and not perceiving work as liberating. Furthermore, their status at work was found to have led to inequalities in terms of the use of social security during the pandemic. The fact that almost all respondents continue to have their children looked after by their mothers or mothers-in-law suggests that familism remains a strong source of welfare.https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/F9A2D798B1E342D39C51AC87BF804693working womenunpaid domestic and care workwelfare regimefamilismcovid-19 |
| spellingShingle | Mustafa Gültekin A Sociological Study on Working Women in Türkiye: Welfare Regime, Familism and Experiences of Reconciling Employment with Unpaid Domestic and Care Works Sosyal Siyaset Konferansları Dergisi working women unpaid domestic and care work welfare regime familism covid-19 |
| title | A Sociological Study on Working Women in Türkiye: Welfare Regime, Familism and Experiences of Reconciling Employment with Unpaid Domestic and Care Works |
| title_full | A Sociological Study on Working Women in Türkiye: Welfare Regime, Familism and Experiences of Reconciling Employment with Unpaid Domestic and Care Works |
| title_fullStr | A Sociological Study on Working Women in Türkiye: Welfare Regime, Familism and Experiences of Reconciling Employment with Unpaid Domestic and Care Works |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Sociological Study on Working Women in Türkiye: Welfare Regime, Familism and Experiences of Reconciling Employment with Unpaid Domestic and Care Works |
| title_short | A Sociological Study on Working Women in Türkiye: Welfare Regime, Familism and Experiences of Reconciling Employment with Unpaid Domestic and Care Works |
| title_sort | sociological study on working women in turkiye welfare regime familism and experiences of reconciling employment with unpaid domestic and care works |
| topic | working women unpaid domestic and care work welfare regime familism covid-19 |
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