Tensions Between Employment and Pregnancy: A Workable Balance

• Published in: Family relations Vol. 50; no. 1; pp. 59 - 66
• Main Authors: Queneau, Hervé, Marmo, Michael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.2001; National Council on Family Relations
• Subjects: Childbirth; Children; Employed Women; Employment; Employment discrimination; employment-pregnancy balance; Ethnic Groups; Family (Sociological Unit); family leave policy; Family Policy; Family Work Relationship; Females; Labor Force; Labor legislation; Labor Policy; Maternity & paternity leaves; Maternity leave; Newborns; Occupational Aspiration; Occupational Stress; Pregnancy; pregnancy discrimination; pregnancy leave; Public Policy; Women; Womens health; Working Women
• ISSN: 0197-6664; 1741-3729; 0197-6664
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2001.00059.x

This article proposes a theoretical framework for analyzing the balance between employment and pregnancy by examining the interaction of three types of concerns: the employment concerns of the woman, the health concerns of the woman and her child, and the woman's economic concerns. Existing empirical studies are used to show the relevance of such a framework to analyze the tensions between employment and pregnancy. Finally, policy implications with respect to the balance between employment and pregnancy are discussed.