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One Size Fits All? Explaining U.S.-Born and Immigrant Women's Employment across 12 Ethnic Groups
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Read, Jen'nan Ghazal; Cohen, Philip N. – Social Forces, 2007
Leading explanations for ethnic disparities in U.S. women's employment derive largely from research on men. Although recent case studies of newer immigrant groups suggest that these explanations may be less applicable than previously believed, no study to date has assessed this question systematically. Using 2000 Census data, this study tests the…
Descriptors: Females, Employment Patterns, Ethnic Groups, Whites
Women's Employment and Changes in Family Structure.
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Ericksen, Julia A.; Klein, Gary – Sociology of Work and Occupations, 1981
Examining the impact on women's employment of the changing family structure, the authors found (1) a decline in the effect of marital status on women's employment; (2) no decline in the effect of child status; and (3) a more complex relationship between race and employment status. (SK)
Descriptors: Age, Employed Women, Employment Level, Employment Patterns
Female Employment and the Social Reproduction of the Puerto Rican Working Class.
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Safa, Helen I. – International Migration Review, 1984
Assesses the contribution women make to the social reproduction of working class families in Puerto Rico. Analyzes the role of women in the industrialization of Puerto Rico (especially since 1940) and the impact of women's earnings on the household economy. Suggests that increased female migration may result from the continuing export-led…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Economic Factors, Employed Women, Employment Patterns
Synchronizing Post-Graduate Career, Marriage, and Fertility.
Baker, Therese L.; Sween, Joyce A. – 1982
A study attempted to discover the significance of the early post-graduate career pattern on later career outcomes for women at varying points in their life course. Data were from a national sample of United States graduates of four-year colleges and universities at five points in time from their graduation in spring, 1961 until 7 years later.…
Descriptors: Career Education, Careers, College Graduates, Employed Parents
Women in the Labor Force. Studies in Population Series.
Sweet, James A. – 1973
Based on data from a 1960 Census Bureau report, Employment Status and Work Experience, the study provides a detailed analysis of the employment patterns and earnings of working wives in the United States. One major objective of the study was to examine labor force activity of wives as it was influenced by the composition of their families…
Descriptors: Black Community, Black Employment, Census Figures, Economic Research
The Nation's Families: 1960-1990.
Masnick, George; And Others – 1980
This Family Outlook Report provides a detailed analysis of trends in the nation's population, household composition, family structure, and women's working patterns from 1960 to 1990 and describes the implications of these trends for American society. The behavior of groups of individuals born in the same years were followed as they grew older.…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Cohort Analysis, Employed Women, Employment Patterns
Women in Migration: A Third World Focus.
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Youssef, Nadia; And Others – 1979
Spurred in part by the apparent contradiction between recent data on the magnitude of autonomous female migration and the lack of acknowledgment of that data in recent literature, a 1979 study attempted to define women migrants in 46 Third World Countries in terms of age, marital status, socioeconomic status, factors motivating migration, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, Demography, Developing Nations