Family and the field: Expectations of a field-based research career affect researcher family planning decisions.

ABSTRACT: Field-based data collection provides an extraordinary opportunity for comparative research. However, the demands of pursuing research away from home creates an expectation of unburdened individuals who have the temporal, financial, and social resources to conduct this work. Here we examine whether this myth of the socially unencumbered scholar contributes to the loss of professionals and trainees. To investigate this, we conducted an internet-based survey of professional and graduate student anthropologists (n = 1025) focused on the challenges and barriers associated with developing and maintaining a fieldwork-oriented career path and an active family life. This study sought to determine how (1) family socioeconomic status impacts becoming an anthropologist, (2) expectations of field-based

SUBMITTER: Lynn CD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6128561 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature