Couples after Separation. Job Insecurity and the Change of Gender Roles in Couples in different Social Milieus II

该提案基于以下项目第一阶段的成果：不稳定的情况：不稳定的就业和不同社会环境中夫妻的性别安排的改变。在第二阶段，我们计划对已经分居的夫妇进行研究，这些夫妇的分居可能是由于男性伴侣就业不稳定或失业导致的冲突造成的。在该项目的第一阶段，我们采访的夫妇能够重新安排他们的伴侣关系，调整他们的性别角色。但是，正如关于性别非典型收入关系的统计结果所假设的那样，在这些情况下，夫妻可能会失败。在第一阶段，我们试图了解夫妻如何应对工作不稳定带来的婚姻压力，而拟议中的研究将把重点转移到不利方面，并试图找出在哪些情况下，在什么情况下，工作不稳定会导致夫妻分手。第二个目的是调查不同社会环境下夫妻分手的模式。人们假定，关键的性别规范对双方都是遮遮掩掩的，因此无法进行任何富有成效的讨论。除此之外，我们的发现应该有助于对疏远和分离的总体理解。这两个前合作伙伴将就他们的关系、危机和最终恶化分别接受采访。通过在我们已经建立的环境框架内运作来保持方法的连续性。重要的环境是：a)具有学术背景的个人主义、温文尔雅的城市居民b)熟练工人和技术员c)办事员、半专业人员和社会职业成员。这项调查涵盖了前夫妇，其中男性伴侣要么失业，要么以非典型的方式工作，女性伴侣是养家糊口的人，提供了至少60%的家庭收入。在分手之前，这对夫妇应该在一个普通家庭中共同生活了至少12个月。受访者的年龄应在30岁至50岁之间，因此处于工作生活的活跃阶段。

The proposal is based on the results of the first phase of the following project: Precarious circumstances: Insecure employment and the change of gender arrangements in couples in different social milieus. In the second phase we plan to do research on couples which have separated and where separation might have been caused by conflicts resulting from insecure employment or unemployment of the male partner. The couples we interviewed in the project's first phase were able to rearrange their partnership and adjust their gender roles. But as statistical finding on gender-untypical income relationship let assume, couples could fail under these conditions. While in the first period we tried to find out how couples were able to cope with conjugal stress caused by job precariousness, the proposed study will shift the focus to the downside and tries to find out, in which cases and under what circumstances dissolution of couples is caused by job precariousness. The second aim is to investigate patterns of dissolution in couples in different social milieus. It is assumed that crucial gender norms are veiled to both partners and are therefore beyond any means of fruitful discussion. Beyond, our findings should contribute to a general understanding about estrangement and separation. Both former partners will be interviewed separately with regard to their relationship, its crises and final deterioration. Methodical continuity is maintained by operating within the framework of milieus we already established. Significant milieus are: a) individualistic, urbane city-dwellers with academic backgrounds b) skilled workers and technicians c) clerks, semi-professionals and members of the social vocations. The investigation comprises former couples where the male partner is either unemployed or working in an atypical fashion and the female partner is the breadwinner, providing at least 60 percent of household-income. The couple should have lived together for at least 12 months in a common household before splitting up. The interviewees should be between 30 and 50 years old and therefore be in their active phase of working-life.