Used data from Panel Study of Income Dynamics to investigate process by which spouses allocate their labor between employment and housework. Findings indicated that both women's market and domestic labor were highly sensitive to family economy, whereas men's market labor was subject to macroeconomic structure and men's domestic labor was little…

Examined data drawn from representative sample survey of two-earner households (n=382 couples) on division of domestic labor. Concludes that implicitly and explicitly gendered expectations that both husbands and wives bring to thinking about housework play significant role in shaping degree of egalitarianism in practice. (Author/NB)

Analysis of data from migrant couples showed that wives often deferred to husbands in decision to move. Subsidiary role for wives was most apparent when husbands indicated employment reasons for moving and was also positively associated with annual income of couple. Odds of obtaining postmigration employment were decreased for wives who deferred…

A study used an econometric model to examine the effect of income taxation on labor supply of married women and men. Male labor supply was found to be relatively invariant to income. Impact on married women depended upon the method used to estimate the labor supply function. (SK)

Tested effects of 3 religious homogamy types (denominational affiliation, church attendance, and Bible belief) upon marital satisfaction and stability using national probability sample of adults in over 6,000 households. Found denominational affiliation most critical although church attendance contributed only slightly to marital success. Found no…

Examined data from 225 divorced fathers. Found that fathers who reported more positive relationships with their ex-wives were more satisfied with their custody arrangements; were more likely to blame themselves for marriage breakup; discussed greater number of topics with ex-wives; had higher educational levels; and reported greater feelings of…

Investigated race and marital well-being using national sample data from 2,059 spouses. Found that blacks were significantly less likely than whites to feel their marriages were harmonious; black women were less likely to be satisfied with their marriages than white women. Spousal emotional support and financial satisfaction intervened in…

Reviews findings from selected studies on roles of spouses and stepparents; then uses review as foundation for nine clinical recommendations for therapists working with stepfamilies. Concludes that normalizing and educating members of stepfamilies to realities of stepfamily living is important key to successful clinical intervention. (Author/NB)

Compared 272 spouse caregivers of dementia sufferers with 30 spouse caregivers of cancer victims on multiple indicators of well-being. Found that dementia caregivers were more adversely affected by their role than cancer caregivers. Illness duration and caregivers' employment status did not help to explain this difference. Younger spouse…

Factors influencing successful repatriation were identified in responses from 300 of 1,100 Finnish expatriates: arrangements specifying the job and tasks they would return to and the possibility of spouse's employment in the host country. Career-related support practices were not common. (SK)

Tests a path model of the mediational effects of the quality of relationships between spouse caregivers (N=75) and their impaired partners. Emotional closeness mediated the impact of the partner's cognitive impairment, but not functional impairment, on the caregiver's subjective effectiveness. Conflict had a direct but not a mediating influence on…

Studies marital relations of 469 Israeli couples, in late adulthood, categorized as synchronous (either both pre-retired or both retired) and asynchronous (one spouse working and one retired). Examines differences between the groups for division of household tasks, power relations, and quality of marriage. Martial power relations were generally…

Examined the influence of spouse participation on adults' adherence to a 12-month fitness program. Comparisons of mood state and self-motivation among married participants enrolled alone versus those enrolled with spouses indicated that at the end of the study, 6.3 percent of the pairs had dropped out versus 43 percent of the singles.…

Examined the issue of secondary traumatic stress (STS) among spouses of Holocaust survivors who were children during World War II. Results showed that about one third of spouses suffered from some degree of STS symptoms. STS among spouses was related to hostility, anger and interpersonal sensitivity in the survivor, but not to reminiscences with…

The aim of this study was to explore the lived experience of women's attachment injuries within heterosexual couple relationships. An interpretative, phenomenological approach (van Manen, 1990) was used in this exploratory study. Four women participated in three separate research interviews in order to illuminate the phenomenon of "attachment…