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Peer reviewedPerlmutter, Jane Clarkson; Wampler, Karen Smith – Home Economics Research Journal, 1985
This study of 75 families with at least one preschool child examined the effects of sex-role orientation and wife's employment status on the division of housework and child care and husband and wife's satisfaction with that division. Results indicate that where wives work outside the home, husbands and wives share child care and housework more.…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Employed Women, Employment Level, Home Management
Download full textVanier Inst. of the Family, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1997
This report is intended to increase awareness of the connections between two central spheres of social activity--work and family. Complementing the conventional analyses of the labor force in terms of economic sectors, educational requisites, age and income distribution, the report also presents an analysis of the family circumstances of the…
Descriptors: Family Caregivers, Family Characteristics, Family Financial Resources, Family Income
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. National Assessment of Educational Progress. – 1978
This test manual presents the full results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) survey of 1,300 17-year-old students on performance in five major basic life skills: (1) personal finance and consumer protection; (2) health maintenance; (3) interpersonal competence; (4) family responsibility; and (5) career development. In…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Development, Consumer Protection, Daily Living Skills
Stephenson, Mary J. – 1976
A study explored changing family patterns among married middle and upper middle class women students over thirty with family intact. Eighty-seven homemaker-students enrolled at the Universlty of Maryland, College Park campus, during the spring semester, 1975, responded to a written questionnaire regarding their family patterns of decision making…
Descriptors: Change, College Students, Decision Making, Family Involvement
General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, Minn. – 1981
Fourth in a series of studies on the American family conducted for General Mills Corporation, this publication provides findings from a survey exploring the relationship between work and the family in contemporary society. Specifically, the survey explores how changes in the work force, especially the increase in numbers of working wives and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Choice, Child Rearing, Employed Parents
Coulter, Kyle Jane; Stanton, Marge – 1981
Information on the supply of new college graduates seeking home economics-related positions, home economics job openings, and projected levels of employment is presented. Based on a Department of Agriculture manpower assessment project, supply and demand relationships through 1990 were analyzed, and supply data were aggregated by 11 educational…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees, College Graduates, Demand Occupations
