Assessed how participation of husbands and wives in off-farm jobs is related to structural features of the farm, selection of farm enterprises, farm management, and farm decision making. Results show that husband's involvement in off-farm work is more important than wife's in influencing the organizational and operational characteristics of the…

This paper discusses the role conflict faced by men who are nurses, in the context of a discussion of social science definitions of male female roles. (Author)

Examines whether living with other adults enables married and single mothers to enter the labor market. Findings show that coresident adults increased the labor force participation of some groups of women and that coresident adults serve different functions within households, which in turn influence women's labor force decisions in various ways.…

The present study focuses primarily upon wives in Black middle-class families, with comparisons made to wives in middle-class White and working-class Black families. Results suggest that Black middle-class wives have higher employment rates because of economic need. (Author)

Investigates several sets of personality and attitudinal variables to assess their relationship to one clear-cut example of sex-role behavior, namely, labor-force participation on the part of married women, and corrects some methodological limitations of earlier studies. (Author)

Studied effects of occupational status differences between spouses on the wife's employment and on her occupational achievement in European countries. Results show a tendency toward similarity in occupational status within marriages. Labor force participation of a wife is highest when her potential occupational status equals her husband's…

Investigated why some married mothers of infants elect to be employed, while other married women remain out of the labor force during the first three years of their children's lives. Prior work experience and attitude toward future employment were the most salient factors discriminating the employed wives from the full-time housewives. (Author/BL)

This study examines the relationship between family status and professional status and achievement of a sample of 415 women doctorates. It was hypothesized that family complexity is negatively related to professional achievement and status; however, the data suggest the relationship is a more complex one. (Author)

Analyzed whether the relative attainments of spouses at one point in time are associated with divorce, leaving the labor force, moving to a lower status job, and/or moving to a traditional job. Findings emphasized the importance of wife's employment in a nontraditional job as a predictor of change. (Author/RC)

Examined effects of household structure on labor force status of female heads of families with minor children using the March 1985 Current Population Survey. Results suggest that models of labor force behavior are misspecified if female heads of families are not analyzed separately by race and marital status. (Author/ABL)

Explored variations in religious orientations and their potential connections with expectations for paid work in the future among 318 female college seniors. Results revealed a connection between religious devoutness and expected paid labor force continuity among women. Regardless of denominational label, being more devout apparently tended to…

Using five years of panel data from a national sample of women aged 14-24, found that declines in labor-force participation prior to the first birth and increases in participation following the birth varied by education, economic well-being, and prebirth work experience. (Author)

Explores the connections between women's employment and fertility control. The point is made that these are both ongoing processes, intersecting and mutually reinforcing each other. The correlation between work/nonwork and family size is less significant than links between work-consistency and fertility control patterns which enhance that…

Results of this investigation indicate that wives' concern for equal rights within the labor-force context is heightened by participation in marital unions characterized by status inconsistency across the dyad when these women hold nontraditional views on an indicator of family sex-role ideology and are under 30 years of age. (Author)

While much is known regarding male status attainments, less is known regarding such phenomena among married women. Data were collected from younger, white, married women interviewed at two points in time. Results confirm the idea that sex roles should be included in future studies of married women's status attainments. (Author)