Examined the effect of wives' employment on the mental health of husbands. Findings reveal that wives' employment has negative effects on husbands' job and life satisfaction. These results suggest that the overall negative mental health effect may derive, in part, from the occupational domain. (Author/BL)

Research tested the hypothesis that the overall lifetime supply of labor provided by mature women is related to their health, or their subjective assessment thereof, and a corollary--that the supply of labor by Black women is more affected by self-rated health than by that of Whites. (Author/CT)

Examines the literature from the last six years on retirement preparation in private industry. Research in four areas is reviewed: need for retirement preparation; extent of current industry programs; evaluation of these efforts; and alternatives to existing corporate programs. (CT)

In 1999, women earned 77% as much as men. Current Population Survey data indicate that personal choices, occupational crowding, and discrimination contribute to the gender gap. However, the high proportion of women in an occupation is the largest contributor to the salary differential. (Contains 16 references.) (Author/JOW)

Some scholars have suggested that it is the "most advantaged" children, the children of high income households or who have high cognitive ability, who are negatively affected by early maternal employment. If this were true, less advantaged children would not be affected as strongly. Findings indicate that in terms of effects on cognitive…

A study of 3,284 married women hypothesizes that nontraditional working women are more likely to experience marital disruption than traditional working women. Number of hours of paid employment per week was negatively related to marital stability for women holding nontraditional gender ideologies but not for women with traditional views. (JPS)

Examined effects of employment resources (income and workplace authority) on percentage of feminine-typed housekeeping tasks done by Canadian women and men. Found that personal achievements in labor market mediated effects of relative employment resources on performing such tasks, albeit differently for Canadian women and men. French-Canadian…

Trends in the labor force participation rates of people with disabilities follow closely those of people of the same age and sex who are free from disabilities. In both groups, women fared better than men in the 1970-92 period. (Author)

Examined relationship between wives' (N=147) employment status and their versus their husbands' (N=154) time spent on household tasks. Compared adjusted mean time that women and men spent in specific household tasks. Found employed women spent less time on female-typed tasks than full-time homemakers. Found husbands' total housework time not…

Used national survey data from over 700 respondents to examine how wives' labor force participation affects extent to which families use market economy to provide goods and services traditionally produced by women. Found that full-time working wives were more likely than wives at home to purchase cleaning and meal preparation services. (Author/NB)

Examined demographic and occupational features associated with postpartum plans reported at childbirth and status 6 months later for 205 Canadian women. Women employed until birth were more likely to be primiparous than unemployed women. Parity, socioeconomic status, and part- versus full-time work status failed to discriminate between women's…

Revised estimates of the time married women spent in household work were made using data from the 1920s and 1960s. Results showed an overall decline from 7.35 hours per day in the 1920s to 6.31 hours in 1967-68. Household work by full-time homemakers declined by 7.5% to 6.84 hours per day; employed married women's household work declined to 5.13…

Current Population Survey data were used to demonstrate that increases in computer use (and thus decreases in demand for physical skills) account for one-half of the growth in demand for female workers. The greatest effect was for blue-collar workers and those with less than college education. (SK)

Purpose--The paper seeks to explore workers' learning in relation to the racialized and gendered organization of contingent work. Design/methodology/approach--This paper is informed by Marxist theorization of labour power and learning. It draws on the interview data of 24 highly educated immigrant women from the research project "Skilled In…

We use the Philadelphia Survey of Child Care and Work to model the effect of child-care subsidies and other ecological demands and resources on the work hour, shift, and overtime problems of 191 low-income urban mothers. Comparing subsidy applicants who do and do not receive cash payments for child care, we find that mothers who receive subsidies…