Families worked together as a unit of production, tending to fields, knitting sweaters, or tending to the fire. Industrialization changed all that. The same specialization of labor that occurred in factories occurred in the lives of working-class families, and this broke up the family economy. Men earned money for their families. Women took care of the home and saw their economic role decline. While many factory workers were women, most of them were young women who would quit working when they married. Factory workers typically completed tasks for 10 to 14 hours each day.