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This project explored how changes in the gender division of labour within both employment and the family (re)structure gender and class inequalities. This was done through case studies of four feminised, or feminsing, sectors and professions (retail, banking accountancy and medicine). These case studies in particular looked at how occupations and professions have responded and developed with the entry of women (from a gender perspective). The original sample aimed to include 90 face-to-face interviews with men and women with children under the age of 12, however 89 interviews with men and women with children under the age of 14 were conducted. NVivo was used to analyse the qualitative data. A new 2006 dataset was developed from a sample of 1845 men and women (834 men and 1011 women) from the larger sample in the British Social Attitudes survery (BSA) which incorporates the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP). This new dataset included a total of 142 different variables.