Provides an expansion and improvement of research on the factors related to wife's time spent doing housework. Results indicate that the fewer hours worked outside the home, the larger the family, the fewer number of meals out, the larger the house, the more hours are spent on housework. (JOW)

Discusses a study that found that marital adjustment was positively related to both spouse's reported self-disclosure of feelings and to self's reported perception of affective disclosure. Also found that one's perception of differences between self and other in the disclosure of love was inversely related to one's marital adjustment. (JOW)

Discusses research based on a household time allocation model which assumes employment status and length of employment day are outside the realm of family choice when making daily time-use decisions. (JOW)

This study sought to organize and measure the extent to which eight role-management strategies are used by spouses in career-earner and dual-career families and to determine if there are significant differences in the extent of strategy use between spouses in the same family type as well as across family types. (JOW)

The participation by farm women in on-farm and off-farm work is estimated and the effects of female earnings on farm family income are measured. It is shown that farm women make significant contributions to income and help manage income instability. (Author/CH)

Time data indicate that, even when employed outside the home, wives still spend more time in household production than other family members. Wives spent less time in dishwashing and care of clothing activities, while children spent more time shopping, in 1977 than in 1967. (Author/CT)

Findings of this research indicate that it was the absolute amount of family income, not its sources, that had the most influence on both 1967 and 1972 net worth for the total sample. Wife's earnings may have made an important contribution to family net worth position. (CT)

A study of dual-employed couples examined the relationship between the variables of job status, job satisfaction, and marital satisfaction. Analysis revealed a significant positive relationship between job satisfaction and marital satisfaction and a significant negative relationship between job strain and marital satisfaction. (JOW)

This study investigated the effect across the family life cycle of previously identified influences on the marital adjustment of 492 married couples from six states. Although gender income level were not significant factors, educational level and employment of wives were. (JOW)

This study examines the assessment of planning by low income families. The influence of dyadic consensus on planning; of locus of control on dyadic consensus; and of age, education, and income on locus of control are the primary foci of this study. (CT)

A random sample of 323 midwestern farm couples responded to a questionnaire designed to measure various aspects of family functioning, including life-style satisfaction and marital adjustment, as well as perceptions of stress and coping strategies. In general, couples reported high satisfaction with their life-style; however, stress was a…

The purposes of this study were to explore the multiplicity of farm women's roles and to determine whether a particular role complex is related to life-style satisfaction. The role load of farm wives appeared to reduce life-style satisfaction. Marital happiness is independent of all variables. (JOW)

The results of this analysis of leisure time of husband and wife indicate the importance of family roles and relationships in the allocation of time to leisure. Previous examinations have seldom considered leisure time in a family context. (SSH)

Men and women were surveyed to discover how social competence affects the marital relationship, using measures of social self-esteem, interpersonal efficacy, judgmental ability, need for dominance, and liking people. Marital adjustment was related to self-perceived social competence. (CT)

Examines the extent of role strain among husbands and wives in 69 dual-career couples. Results indicated that, for wives, number of children and importance of the parental role were significant predictors of role strain. For husbands, role strain was related to age of the youngest child and the extent to which child-care tasks were shared.…