Chapter 5

Gender Roles  - Most significant change, women now employed, even when they have children. If role of women change, then so do men.  - Work contributes to personal happiness, women want a home and family more than men.  - Workplace role segregation occurs despite equal productivity of men and women.

Occupational Segregation  - Classification of jobs as male or female and the wage differentiation vary.  -Legislation dating back to the 60’s in Canada that men and women doing the same job for the same employer must be paid the same wage.  – Human Right Act – forbids discrimination in hiring.

Employment Issues  - Women still underrepresented in careers that are well paid.  - Different expectations of work – Women: want work to be interesting, building relationships with people.  Men: value high pay and status.  - Women find careers in education or social services more rewarding due to relationships gained in these professions.

Cultural Conflict  - Major challenges of early adulthood are to form an identity, a tentative adult life structure, and intimate relationships.  - Eastern cultures form identity based on duty and obligation to family then society.  - Children of immigrant families struggle with the challenges of being independent yet, maintaining close ties with family.

Cost of Education  - Cost of education could serve as a barrier to pursuing post secondary education.  - 87 % of Canadian parents hope that their child will attend post secondary education.  - Most are not saving enough, with hopes that child will work part time while in school.

Cost of Education  - Students fear they will graduate with more debt that will effect their ability to search for jobs of interest.  - Family income has an influence over what programs a student may enter into when looking at cost.

Homeless Youth  Homelessness is defined as having no fixed place to sleep at night.  - Includes – sleeping in motels until money runs out, staying with friends, in shelters.  Students leave home for 3 broad reasons  1) Family disputes 2) Residential instability 3) Move out to be independent but don’t move back if they cant make it.

Homeless Youth  More likely to suffer from infectious diseases, have limited skills due to interrupted education, no support to try to make it work.  Solution to homelessness ?

Teen Suicide  Men used to be 5 times more likely to commit suicide in Now they are 2 times as likely.  The number of girls committing suicide in Canada has risen in the past 30 years.  - Overall teen suicide rate is declining, but only amongst males.

Teen Suicide Risk factors:  History of previous suicide attempts  Family history of suicide  History of depression or other mental illness  Alcohol or drug abuse  Stressful life event or loss  Easy access to lethal methods  Exposure to the suicidal behavior of others  Incarceration

Teen Pregnancy  - rates are calculated as any pregnancy (including miscarriages, abortions) of a female aged per Rate has decreased from 4.2% to 2.7% in the past 15 years. However, abortion rate has risen.  Currently, more than half of the total amount of teen pregnancies end in abortion.  gross/preg-gross-eng.htm gross/preg-gross-eng.htm

Why is Teen Pregnancy a Concern?  - teen mothers are more at risk of health issues (physical, mental) for themselves and their babies.  - children of teen mothers are more likely to become teen mothers themselves.  - teen mothers are far less likely to graduate high school or attend post secondary.  Teen parents are more likely to become dependent on government support  Teen pregnancy has highest rate of abortions amongst all pregnancies.  Teen pregnancy cost US $7 Billion (study) in Canada estimated around 500 million.

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