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Bachrach, Christine A.; Horn, Marjorie C. – Advance Data from Vital and Health Statistics, 1985
This report presents data on the timing of first sexual intercourse in relation to first marriage, and the timing of marital dissolution and remarriage among ever-married women in the United States. The findings in this report are based on preliminary data from the National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle III, a survey conducted periodically on…
Descriptors: Divorce, Females, Marital Status, Marriage
Beam, Minna R.; Servaty-Seib, Heather L.; Mathews, Laura – Journal of Loss and Trauma, 2004
To examine the eating-related cognitions and behaviors of college-age women who had experienced parental death, parental divorce, or neither loss condition, we recruited 48 women from science and social science departments at a state university in the Southeast. All participants completed the Mizes Anorectic Cognitions Scale (MAC) and the Bulimia…
Descriptors: Death, Grief, Parents, Females
Sanders, Ruth Armfield; And Others – Current Population Reports, 1987
One of a series, this report presents information on the receipt by women of support payments, both those which follow divorce and separation and those for children of never-married women. The report includes information on the award and actual receipt by women of child support and alimony. The report also provides data concerning receipt and type…
Descriptors: Divorce, Family Income, Family Problems, Females
Saluter, Arlene F. – Current Population Reports, 1986
This report presents detailed information on the marital status and living arrangements of the noninstitutional population of the United States by age, sex, race, and Spanish origin. The text of this report compares the mid-decade census estimates based on the March, 1985 "Current Population Survey" with the survey data from 1980, 1970, and 1960.…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Divorce, Family (Sociological Unit), Females

Hayghe, Howard – Monthly Labor Review, 1984
Data collected about working mothers found that 20 percent more mothers worked in 1984 as worked in 1970; most mothers work full time; 56 percent of children under 18 have working mothers; and in 6.2 million families, the mother is the sole support of the family. (CT)
Descriptors: Day Care, Divorce, Employed Parents, Employed Women

Sgritta, Giovanni B. – Journal of Family Issues, 1988
Discusses the tradition of the Italian family and changes in family life since World War II. Examines socioeconomic differentiation and family forms; family structure and kinship networks; social policies and family solidarity; stability and family dissolution; and innovative processes in family life. Concludes that there is a profound change in…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Change, Demography, Divorce
Stewart, Hester R. – 1991
A study was conducted in Kentucky to increase the database available to the state's decision makers concerning women in relation to family status, occupational participation, income and earnings, and issues and concerns that may need greater emphases. Data were gathered through Kentucky government agencies and the U.S. Bureau of the Census as well…
Descriptors: Adults, Birth, Demography, Divorce

White, Karen; Baker, Barbara – 1984
This data book uses survey and census information to record social and economic changes of the past three decades and their effects upon the role of Alaska women in society. Results show Alaska women comprise 47% of the state population, an increase of 9% since 1950. Marriage continues as the predominant living arrangement for Alaska women,…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Birth Rate, Census Figures, Demography
Older Women's League, Washington, DC. – 1986
The U.S. population includes over 23 million women aged 45 to 64 and 17 million women aged 65 and over. Their life experiences are very different from those of men. The median total income of women trails that of men at all ages. Women at all ages are twice as likely as men to be poor. Poverty among the elderly is closely associated with sole…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Diseases, Divorce, Dual Career Family