Lone mothers in Central Albania during communism and after 1990. Caring and earning responsibilities and regulations.

Abstract

This article discusses how Albanian women - all of the sample here being lone mothers - attempt to balance between their earning and caring activity. The here discussed research reveals how the situation of lone mothers in Albania changed drastically after 1990. As there have always been moderated regulations for support to lone mothers during communism as well as after, the correlation between different factors gives insights into a more precarious need for individual handling of job possibilities without socialsecurity on the one hand and acceptance of different sources for social support on the other hand.