Families and the Rise of Working Wives--An Overview.

Hayghe, Howard

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ERIC Number: EJ138962

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Publication Date: 1976

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Families and the Rise of Working Wives--An Overview

Hayghe, Howard

Monthly Labor Review, 99, 5, 12-9, May 76

An examination of employment trends in families with two or more workers is presented. Such families increased from 36 percent to 49 percent between 1970 and 1975. The influence of some factors such as fertility, recession and inflation, and the relation between the occupations of working parents is discussed. (EC)

Descriptors: Data Analysis, Economic Factors, Employed Parents, Employed Women, Employment Patterns, Labor Force, Tables (Data)

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