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Wilson, Stephan M.; And Others – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1993
Examined educational and occupational attainment of young women from low-income, rural Appalachian families. Data from 10-year longitudinal study found that educational attainment did not predict occupational attainment of these women. Several findings for family socioeconomic background and social psychological variables were interpreted as…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Educational Attainment, Employment Level, Females

Suitor, J. Jill – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1991
Used data from national survey of 741 men and 964 women to examine life-cycle variations in satisfaction with division of household labor and relationship between satisfaction with division of household labor and marital quality. Satisfaction with division of labor was more important in explaining marital happiness and conflict than were age,…
Descriptors: Age, Educational Attainment, Employment Level, Housework

Hornung, Carlton A.; And Others – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1981
Presents a theoretical perspective that integrates elements of social structural and social psychological explanations of spouse abuse. Suggests certain types of status inconsistency and status incompatibility involve very high risks of spouse abuse, particularly life-threatening violence. Other types of inconsistency seem to protect couples from…
Descriptors: Battered Women, Educational Attainment, Employment Level, Family Violence