A study of the determinants of women marrying early average and late. Charts. Bibliography. (AF)

"A comprehensive one-year secretarial retraining program would undoubtedly be a motivating factor for former secretaries to refresh their skills and return to the world of work. (Author)

This study concluded that by incorporating the concept of role fit one can find women who typify either the image of the happy homemaker or the image of the frustrated homemaker. (CT)

Conducted (N=36) interviews with homemakers whose husbands recently retired from a number of occupations. Investigated positive and negative aspects of retirement and a range of variables associated with life satisfaction and three domains of satisfaction. Found the most consistent correlate of wife's satisfaction was husband's participation in…

Males showed greater self-esteem and predicted higher scores for themselves than females. No sex difference in actual performance was found. Homemakers predicted higher performance for themselves on the verbal test. Females' self-esteem was not related to their husbands' attitudes toward women. (Author)

Husbands of returning women students were interviewed to determine their attitudes and behaviors in response to their wives' new roles. The majority approved of the student role, but only one-fourth provided instrumental help in the home. Outcome anxiety was higher the longer the wife had been in school. (Author)

Examined prevalence of depression in 360 women during pregnancy and after delivery. At both assessments, approximately 25 percent reported elevated levels of depressive symptomatology. Ten percent met diagnostic criteria for depression during pregnancy; 6.8 percent were depressed postpartum. One-half of postpartum depression cases were new onset.…

Examined validity of Maslach Burnout Inventory for assessing parenting burnout among nonworking mothers (N=121) of young children. Found two of three dimensions consistent with original factor structure. Findings suggest that parenting burnout may differ from occupational burnout in depersonalization responses, yet similarities exist in feelings…

Investigated differences in parent-infant interaction in 34 families with employed or homemaker mothers and 1-year-old infants. Infants in the homemaker mothers group smiled and laughed more and engaged more often in mutual looking and object play than infants in the employed mothers group, but only in the mother-father-infant context. (RJC)

Investigated whether perceived involvement in household work after retirement related to husbands' and wives' retirement adaptation. Data from 611 recent retirees showed positive effect of postretirement housework involvement on women's adjustment. For men, relationship between housework and adaptation was contingent on such factors as health,…

Investigated husbands' contributions to household labor in first-married couples with biological children and in remarried couples with biological children only, stepchildren only, and both biological and stepchildren. Absolute and relative contributions to total household labor did not differ significantly across family types, but husbands in…

Examined demographic and attitudinal differences between housewives and employed wives in 1972 and 1986. Demographic and attitudinal differences were larger in 1986 than in 1972; major divergence was between housewives and full-time employees; part timers appeared more like housewives. Housewives were increasingly likely to hold traditional…

Used nationally representative sample of 2,031 adults aged 18 to 90 to compare housework and family care as primary activity with paid work and with volunteer work, leisure activities, home and yard maintenance, and schoolwork. Found that unpaid domestic work was more routine, and it provided less intrinsic gratification and fewer extrinsic…

Examines problems of curricular inclusion, emphasizing ways of including the interests and contributions of women in social studies curricula. After describing the inadequacy of the "add women and stir" approach to inclusion, the paper discusses the tradition of care long identified with female life, then explores ways to preserve and…

Telephone survey of 2,592 people found that their sense of personal control was positively affected by nonroutine, autonomous, fulfilling, or nonisolated work. Women's low personal control was attributed to overrepresentation in part-time work and homemaking. Homemakers reported more autonomy than did paid workers; female paid workers performed…