Women's work in Soviet Russia: continuity in the midst of change.

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Theoretical Issues The Debate over Women’s Entrance into the Labor Force The Relationship between Work and Family Status Backwardness as a Hindrance Backwardness as an Asset Measuring Equality Soviet Russia as a Subject of Inquiry The Chapters Ahead Work and Family Prior to the 1917 Revolution The Peasant Household Nineteenth-century Employment From 1900 to World War I The Consequences of World War I Note Female Labor During the Soviet Period: Supply and Demand Population Size and the Sex Ratio Financial Needs of the Soviet Family The Female Marriage Rate Decades of Uncertainty Male Irresponsibility The Economics of Family Life Family Structure and the Supply of Women Fewer Births, Not Fewer Children Grandparents, Husbands, and Child Care The Provision of Services Child-Care Facilities Housing Household Appliances and Service Enterprises The Discrepancy between Income and Need Values, Sexism, and Services The Impact of Urbanization The Actions of the Party and Government Recruiting and the Work Ideology Education Quotas and Legal Restrictions The Soviet Strategy of Economic Growth Conclusion Notes Women in the Nonagrarian Labor Force, 1917 to the Present The Change in Labor Force Participation Occupational Segregation Previous Research and the Measures of Segregation Occupation Segregation in Soviet Russia Women's Access to Top Positions: The Vertical Hierarchy Wage Differences Educational Attainment Conclusion Notes Time-Budgets of Urban Workers Introduction Soviet Urban Time-Budget Research Time-Budget Research of the 1920s and 1930s Contemporary Studies Variations by Age Variations by Family Status Consequences of Women's Double Burden Class Differences in Time Usage Adaptations to the Five-Day Workweek Advantages of City Living Conclusion Notes Work and Family in Rural Russia The Rural Household Changing Educational Achievement The Contrast between State and Collective Farms The Sexual Composition of the Labor Force Rural Time-Budget Studies Class Differences in Family Life Conclusion Notes Conclusion Change and Continuity The Interconnection between Work and Family Life "Idealized Femininity" The Absence of Disruptive Capitalism The Meaning of Work Appendix Employment and Educational Attainment The Classification of Time Time-Budgets of Workers Bibliography Index About the Author