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Title: Earnings Patterns and Marital Disruption: The Experience of Mature Women
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Borker, Susan Makarushka, Julia Loughlin Mudrick, Nancy R. Rudolph, Claire |
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Earnings Patterns and Marital Disruption: The Experience of Mature Women Presented: San Francisco, CA, American Sociological Association Annual Meetings, 1978 Cohort(s): Mature Women Publisher: American Sociological Association Keyword(s): Behavioral Differences; Earnings; Household Demand; Household Income; Marital Disruption; Remarriage; Wives Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. The variables which predict the hourly wages of employed women are explored in order to illuminate the relationship between women's marital status and their incomes. We emphasize two findings: first, the predictability of income per hour is greater for formerly married women than currently married women. Second, remarried women behave differently than first married women. Further, these differences in behavior, i.e., maximization of earnings, appear characteristic of first married women who will later be divorced or separated. Differences in income are related to women's job choices, choices in which the need or desire for income is balanced by the convenience, appropriateness or interest of available jobs. Three factors are explored which may affect these choices for women who are or have been married: first, the amount of other household income; second, the other demands on the woman's time, energy and status behavior; third, the experience (including the anticipation of the experience) of being formerly married. |
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Borker, Susan, Julia Loughlin Makarushka, Nancy R. Mudrick and Claire Rudolph. "Earnings Patterns and Marital Disruption: The Experience of Mature Women." Presented: San Francisco, CA, American Sociological Association Annual Meetings, 1978. |