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Peer reviewedDemo, David H.; Acock, Alan C. – Family Relations, 1993
Used data from nationally representative sample (n=2,528) to examine division of household labor in first-marriage families, stepfamilies, families headed by divorced mothers, and families headed by never-married mothers. Findings indicated that, across family types and regardless of women's employment status, women performed two to three times…
Descriptors: Cohabitation, Divorce, Employment Level, Family Structure
Peer reviewedAcock, Alan C.; Kiecolt, K. Jill – Social Forces, 1989
In analyses controlling for socioeconomic status (SES), parental divorce during adolescence produced few negative effects on adult adjustment, and father's death during adolescence produced none. However, SES during adolescence and current SES affected nearly all aspects of adult adjustment, as did mother's and own educational attainment. Contains…
Descriptors: Adults, Divorce, Educational Attainment, Emotional Adjustment
