Reviews research published since 1976 that deals with the economics of women and work in the United States. Indicates that female labor force participation is related to women's household activity and vice versa. Focuses on problems of sex discrimination in the labor force. (Author/MJL)

Depicting changes in Mexican American families, this study examined the effect of wives' employment outside the home and level of education on their power in family decision making. It was found that employed wives achieved greater equality in decision making while maintaining many traditional ethnic systems. (Author/SK)

This study compares affiliative and attachment behaviors of nontraditional fathers who are their infant's primary caregivers, secondary caregiving fathers, and primary and secondary caregiving mothers. Subjects were 28 mobile infants and their middle-class American parents. In half of the families, the father was the primary caregiver; in the…

This report focuses on laws in the state of Wisconsin as they relate to homemakers. Four areas are discussed, each in separate sections: marriage, widowhood, divorce, and wife abuse. The section on marriage includes information on property rights, disability and death of homemaker, federal Equal Credit Opportunity Act, domicile, interspousal…

The optional functioning of the family unit is dependent on the health and happiness of each family member. When the wife is professionally trained and yet feels "trapped" by the presence of children in the home with no available transportation, baby-sitting, or part-time employment options, the family unit can suffer or the wife suffers. The…

Family life among the poor has been the subject of many stereotypes, which often focus on the failure of poor families to conform to middleclass structures and muster sympathies for members of one sex at the expense of the other. Chicano migrants' large extended families are often labeled 'stifling', and women's involvement in the lives of their…

A study was made of career orientation differences between 200 career women and 200 noncareer women. Subjects were categorized by locally devised definitions and by scores on a scale of career and homemaking orientations and attitudes, then were administered Form M of the Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB) and a background data sheet, and…

This first report of the Women's Bureau Careers Centre of the Ontario Department of Labour provides statistical data on the personal and social characteristics of the women who came to them as clients (women who wished to return to work), and discusses these clients and the Centre's program for them. Sections of the report are devoted to reasons…

Data obtained from interviews with Black families during a 1971 interstate regional project in Texas provided the basis for this study, which explores the nature and magnitude of metropolitan (M) and nonmetropolitan (NM) differentials in disability. The following questions suggest the research objectives: (1) Do NM Black families experience more…

The present study explores adolescent females' assessments of the rewards and costs of employment and parenthood and the impact of these assessments on their plans for organizing their adult lives. Results suggest that daughters of homemakers and daughters of employed women differ in their assessment of each role, and take different factors into…

At first look, it seems inconsistent and unjust to give help to families which place their children in nonparental care, and deny equivalent help to families in which a parent provides all the care. One might argue that parents who buy care and parents who give care themselves have the same very burdensome problem to deal with and are just…

A survey of the self-esteem, sex-role orientation, and perceived spouse support of women returning to work or school revealed that the first two factors were not related to the actual support received. Although most respondents felt that they had spouse support, they still perform essentially traditional domestic roles. (SK)

Examines how postwar women's magazines introduced television to the American housewife. Reveals the way television was imbricated in the gendered division of labor and leisure at home by exploring how the magazines deliberated on the problems television posed for women's domestic chores and the efficient functioning of the household. (KEH)

Well-educated Korean women are returning to higher education in unprecedented numbers. The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand the motivations of these women for returning to higher education. In-depth interviews were conducted with 13 Korean full-time housewives aged 25 to 45 who already had a bachelor's degree and who enrolled as…

As a society, we believe that persons affected by a public decision should be represented in the development of that policy. The Family Community Leadership program (FCL), recently launched in Alaska, Colorado, Hawaii, New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington, has been established to increase homemakers' understanding of social concerns that influence…