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Petrilli, Michael P. – Education Next, 2015
There are no obvious or easy prescriptions for reversing the trends of the familial challenges that have grown deeper and wider in the last fifty years in regard to the number of babies born to unwed mothers, with the majority of all children born to women in their 20s. This article discusses the challenges regarding the marriage crisis in…
Descriptors: Marriage, Graduation, High School Students, Employment
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Wood, Carolyn J. – Journal of Employment Counseling, 1989
Describes learned helplessness and its effect on ability of displaced homemakers to enter or reenter the work force successfully. Suggests that success in making transition from homemaker to worker may depend on attributions women provide for their failed or ended marriages. Discusses ways in which counselors may assist displaced homemakers in…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Career Counseling, Counseling Techniques, Displaced Homemakers
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Freeman, Jo – Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 1980
Reviews factors such as income, employment, housing, and transportation which tend to keep women and female-headed families concentrated in cities. Proposes that cities are ideal places for future experimentation in lifestyles not based on traditional sex roles. (GC)
Descriptors: Dropouts, Economic Factors, Employment, Fatherless Family