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Author: Maret, Elizabeth G.
Resulting in 4 citations.
1. Chenoweth, Lillian Cochran
Maret, Elizabeth G.
The Career Patterns of Mature American Women
Sociology of Work and Occupations 7,2 (May 1980): 222-251.
Also: http://wox.sagepub.com/content/7/2/222.abstract
Cohort(s): Mature Women
Publisher: Sage Publications
Keyword(s): Career Patterns; Earnings; Educational Attainment; Employment, Intermittent/Precarious; Family Influences; Family Resources; Housework/Housewives; Husbands, Influence

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

This study identifies three major life-career patterns of mature American women: home, labor force, and mixed careers. High commitment to traditional familial roles and values, high familial resources, and low human capital tend to reflect women with home careers. In comparison, low commitment to traditional roles and values, low familial resources, and high human capital represent women in the labor force. In addition, the results suggest that mature women are likely to have experienced considerable involvement in the labor force regardless of their familial investments, familial resources, or human capital investments.
Bibliography Citation
Chenoweth, Lillian Cochran and Elizabeth G. Maret. "The Career Patterns of Mature American Women." Sociology of Work and Occupations 7,2 (May 1980): 222-251.
2. Maret, Elizabeth G.
How Women's Health Affects Labor Force Attachment
Monthly Labor Review 105,4 (April 1982): 56-58
Cohort(s): Mature Women
Publisher: U.S. Department of Labor
Keyword(s): Health Factors; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Labor Force Participation; Maret-Havens Formula; Part-Time Work; Wives, Work; Work Attachment; Work History

The findings of this research indicate that: (1) the supply of labor varies significantly among health categories for both white and black women; (2) although health is correlated with labor force attachment for both races, it is more important in the labor supply of blacks than of whites; and (3) differences in the labor supplied by black and by white women increase under conditions of excellent and good health, but virtually disappear under conditions of poor health.
Bibliography Citation
Maret, Elizabeth G. "How Women's Health Affects Labor Force Attachment." Monthly Labor Review 105,4 (April 1982): 56-58.
3. Maret, Elizabeth G.
Chenoweth, Lillian Cochran
Labor Force Patterns of Mature Rural Women
Rural Sociology 44,4 (Winter 1979): 736-753
Cohort(s): Mature Women
Publisher: Rural Sociological Society
Keyword(s): Children; Earnings; Husbands, Influence; Marital Status; Rural Sociology; Rural Women; Schooling; Sex Roles; Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA); Work History

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

Labor force participation of two samples of rural women are investigated. A comparison is made between those living within SMSAs and outside. The findings indicate substantial differences in supply and demand factors related to labor market activity.
Bibliography Citation
Maret, Elizabeth G. and Lillian Cochran Chenoweth. "Labor Force Patterns of Mature Rural Women." Rural Sociology 44,4 (Winter 1979): 736-753.
4. Maret, Elizabeth G.
Finlay, Barbara
The Distribution of Household Labor Among Women in Dual-Earner Families
Journal of Marriage and Family 46,2 (May 1984): 357-364.
Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/352467
Cohort(s): Mature Women
Publisher: National Council on Family Relations
Keyword(s): Dual-Career Families; Earnings, Wives; Family Influences; Husbands, Income

This paper reports an empirical investigation of the hypothesis that women in dual earner families maintain full responsibility for domestic tasks involving care of the home and children. Three specific questions are addressed: (1) is there variability in the extent of home responsibilities among women in dual earner families? (2) has there been significant change in these responsibilities in recent years? and (3) what are the correlates of the observed variability? Based on data from the NLS of Mature Women, the findings indicate substantial variability as well as some decrease in the extent of home responsibilities among women in dual earner families. The major correlates of the observed variability are race, place of residence, and earned income of self and of husband. These variables account for 13 percent of individual level variation in domestic responsibilities among employed married respondents with dependent children.
Bibliography Citation
Maret, Elizabeth G. and Barbara Finlay. "The Distribution of Household Labor Among Women in Dual-Earner Families." Journal of Marriage and Family 46,2 (May 1984): 357-364.