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Peer reviewedAcock, Alan C.; And Others – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1982
Examined the effects of maternal employment on parent-youth similarity using a sample of 647 father-mother-youth triads. Found maternal employment had few impacts on the father's influence except for fathers having slightly greater influence in expressive areas. Maternal employment appeared to lower the influence of the mother. (Author)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Employed Women, Employment Level, Family Relationship
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
