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Title: Black and White Families: Factors Affecting the Wife's Contribution to the Family Income Where the Husband's Income is Low to Moderate
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Bould, Sally |
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Black and White Families: Factors Affecting the Wife's Contribution to the Family Income Where the Husband's Income is Low to Moderate Sociological Quarterly 18,4 (Autumn 1977): 536-547. Also: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1533-8525.1977.tb01143.x/abstract Cohort(s): Mature Women Publisher: Wiley Online Keyword(s): Children; Educational Attainment; Family Income; Husbands, Attitudes; Poverty; Racial Differences; Unemployment; Wives, Income Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. The economic role of the black wife in contrast to her husband's weak economic position is a key assumption in Moynihan's thesis of a black matriarchy. Using the National Longitudinal Survey of women, aged 30 to 44, in 1967, this paper examines the factors affecting the wife's contribution to the family income for both black and white families where the husband's income is below the median of all male-headed families. The results suggest that black wives and white wives respond similarly with respect to their overall contribution, the demand for female labor, and the effect of children. There is no support, moreover, for Moynihan's assumption that black wives are compensating for their husband's weak economic position. It appears, however, that the definition of the provider may differ among black families and white families. |
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Bould, Sally. "Black and White Families: Factors Affecting the Wife's Contribution to the Family Income Where the Husband's Income is Low to Moderate." Sociological Quarterly 18,4 (Autumn 1977): 536-547.
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