More Equal Than Others: Women and Men in Dual-Career Marriages Book

	List of Tables	ix
	Preface	xi
1.	The New "Modern Couple"?	1
	Dual Careers: A Contingent Phenomenon	4
	Work and Family: The Sociological Context	7
	Research on Dual-Career Families	10
	Beyond Organization Men and Token Women	15
	From Family to Work	17
	At the Crossroads: A New Marital Bond?	20
	Organization of the Study	21
	Conclusion	27
2.	Three Careers: His Work, Her Work, and Their Marriage	29
	The Dual-Career Challenge	31
	What They Do: A Sampling	35
	Career Beginnings: His Career	40
	Career Beginnings: Her Career	42
	Their Career: Marriage	54
	Conclusion	82
3.	Money Makes a Difference	84
	Money and Authority	87
	Money and Independence	101
	Conclusion	112
4.	Having Children: Decisions, Strategies, and Constraints	114
	Work Demands	116
	Career Success and Women as Mothers	121
	Dilemmas of Parenting and Careers	131
5.	Childcare Arrangements: Helping Hands	147
	Hired Labor Versus Alternative Approaches	148
	The Contradictions of Using Childcare Providers	160
	Conclusion	194
6.	The Dual-Career Couple: Implications and Future Directions	196
	Class and Family Structure	198
	The Marriage of Careers	204
	The Future of Dual-Career Marriage	211
Appendix	Methodology	215
	References	227
	Index	239