THE CONTRIBUTION OF LONG-TERM ECONOMIC COSTS TO PREDICTING STRAIN AMONG EMPLOYED WOMEN CAREGIVERS

Using a feminist perspective as a guiding framework, this paper invest igates the relative contributions of employment, caregiving, and econo mic factors in predicting levels of strain for employed women caregive rs. Hierarchical regression analyses indicate that, in addition to var iables describing the caregiving situation, the consequences of econom ic variables significantly contribute to caregiver strain. The effects of these long term economic consequences on women's lives illustrates that work and family are intertwined in complex ways. The recognition of these economic consequences represents a critical contribution to the research on employment and caregiving.