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Title: Determinants of the Increasing Work Attachment of Married Women
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Shaw, Lois B. |
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Determinants of the Increasing Work Attachment of Married Women Work and Occupations 12,1 (February 1985): 41-57. Also: http://wox.sagepub.com/content/12/1/41.abstract Cohort(s): Mature Women Publisher: Sage Publications Keyword(s): Educational Attainment; Family Structure; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Unemployment; Wives; Work Attachment; Work Attitudes; Work Experience Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Between 1966 and 1976, the proportion of married women in their late thirties who exhibited a strong attachment to the labor force increased faster than the proportion with a weaker work attachment. This paper focuses on factors that have encouraged or prevented strong attachment. For white women, the most important factors contributing to the trend toward greater work attachment were: lessening family responsibilities, increases in their previous work experience, and changing attitudes toward women's roles; for black women, lessening family responsibilities, higher educational attainment and improved health were most important. Rising unemployment rates prevented still larger increases in strong attachment to the labor force than those that were observed. While the labor force participation of midlife married women may continue to increase in the future, it is possible that adverse economic conditions could promote intermittent work patterns rather than strong attachment. |
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Shaw, Lois B. "Determinants of the Increasing Work Attachment of Married Women." Work and Occupations 12,1 (February 1985): 41-57.
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