Work Ethic: Materialism and the American Family. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Aging, Family and Human Services of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate, Ninety-Seventh Congress, Second Session on Examination on the Impact of Stress on the Family Caused by the Workplace, Focusing on Dual Wage-Earning Parents and the Effects on Family Relationships, and the Nonworking Recipient of Public Assistance.

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ERIC Number: ED219530

Record Type: Non-Journal

Publication Date: 1982-Mar-2

Pages: 162

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Work Ethic: Materialism and the American Family. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Aging, Family and Human Services of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate, Ninety-Seventh Congress, Second Session on Examination on the Impact of Stress on the Family Caused by the Workplace, Focusing on Dual Wage-Earning Parents and the Effects on Family Relationships, and the Nonworking Recipient of Public Assistance.

Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources.

This congressional hearing contains testimony pertinent to the impact of stress on the American family caused by the workplace. Focus of the hearing is on dual wage-earning parents and the effects on family relationships as well as on non-working recipients of public assistance. The following agencies and organizations were among those represented at the hearing: the National Council on Family Relations; the Department of Family and Human Development, Utah State University; the American Enterprise Institute; and Heritage Foundation. Also included are an article on suggested directions for the federal role of day care and a publication on the nation's families from 1960-1990. (MN)

Descriptors: Day Care, Dual Career Family, Employed Parents, Family Life, Family Problems, Family Relationship, Government Role, Hearings, Influences, Unemployment, Welfare Recipients, Work Attitudes, Work Environment

Publication Type: Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Authoring Institution: Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources.

Identifiers - Location: United States

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