1. Introduction 2. Male Unemployment 3. The Variable Experience of Male Unemployment 4. Employment for Women 5. The Division of Domestic Labour 6. Household Finance 7. Women's Unemployment 8. Young People and the Household 9. The Household in Social Context 10. Conclusion References students and researchers in social policy, sociology and social work and students engaged in labour market studies, marriage guidance counsellors, social workers, local government officers. Lydia Morris has completed research on the household in poverty and economic decline in Puerto Rico, Mexico, South Wales and North East England. Her recent work has focussed particularly on the social and gender effects of male unemployment.
