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Title: Postponing Marriage: The Influence of Young Women's Work Expectations
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Cherlin, Andrew J. |
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Postponing Marriage: The Influence of Young Women's Work Expectations Journal of Marriage and Family 42,2 (May 1980): 355-365. Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/351233 Cohort(s): Young Women Publisher: National Council on Family Relations Keyword(s): Educational Attainment; Job Aspirations; Marriage; Schooling; Sex Roles This paper investigates the determinants of one component of the recent changes in family life: the postponement of marriage among women in their early twenties. Single women in a national longitudinal study who planned to be housewives at age 35 - as opposed to those who planned to be working outside the home - were more likely to marry in the near future. But, between 1969 and 1975, the proportion of single women who planned to be housewives decreased sharply. Evidence is presented which suggests that the change in future work plans may have reduced the chances that a woman in her early twenties would marry in the next few years. The implications of these and other findings for the study of the transition to marriage are discussed. |
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Cherlin, Andrew J. "Postponing Marriage: The Influence of Young Women's Work Expectations." Journal of Marriage and Family 42,2 (May 1980): 355-365.
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