According to a study of 256 black married women between the ages of 26 and 60 living with their spouses, marital happiness is more common among black women than marital unhappiness. This finding is based on the secondary analysis of a sample of data collected in Detroit in 1968-1969. Variables statistically significant to the marital happiness of…

This five-part report was prepared by the Ad Hoc Committee on the Role and Status of Women of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Part 1 presents the committee resolutions recommended for adoption by AERA. Part 2 reports on the participation of women in the educational research community, and includes: a historical survey of…

This paper suggests that the mother's occupation as well as the father's occupation affect a daughter's occupational destination. (Author/EB)

Evaluates work and nonwork variables in job satisfaction of married working women. Women's job satisfaction was found to be related to such variables as life satisfaction, age, and importance of job income but unrelated to race, educational level, occupational prestige, income level, and attitude toward women working. (Author/MT)

A study found that, over time, married women employed full time have not decreased the time spent working in the home. Married men with young children have increased the time spent on home work. Single parents' time most closely resembled that of married women. (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)

When they were in their early twenties, women in the National Longitudinal Surveys' sample underestimated their future work involvement. Expectations for working at age 35 gradually increased. Plans for working were significant independent predictors of actual work behavior and planning to work yielded a significant wage advantage. (CH)

Studied married couples' allocation of tasks within the household and found that role specialization existed in accordance with traditional sex role norms. Found that wives' self-esteem was not significant, but that the number of hours they were employed, their sex role orientation, and the attitudes of their significant others were significantly…

Reveals a high prevalence of shift work among mothers aged 18 to 44 with a preschool-aged child. Marital status is found to be a determinant of shift-work status for full-timers. Examines the relationship between shift-work status and child-care use showing primary reliance on father care for mothers employed non-days. (Author/ABB)

This paper reports a preliminary study of the consequences of limited discretionary time on the role, function, and meaning of leisure in the lives of women with both professional careers and parenting responsibilities. Analysis of the data collected revealed certain themes and issues in common. Implications of methodology and findings are…

Examined the amount of time adolescents spend viewing television. Findings indicated that adolescents viewed television 147 minutes per day. Employment of mother significantly affected the time adolescents spend viewing television. Sex of adolescent, age of father, mother, and adolescent, education of father and mother, income of family, and day…

Indicated that demographic variables in combination with attitudinal predictors are useful explainers of past as well as future mobility in two-earner families. Among wives, sex-role orientation, role salience, and individual income related to mobility. Among husbands, individual income, role salience, sex-role orientation, and wife's employment…

Describes the choices, barriers, and experiences of women employed in and seeking employment in nontraditional occupations, based on a survey of 75 women. Results indicated the women held strong views of sex role equality, and named money and benefits as the most common reason for pursuing nontraditional careers. (JAC)

Drawing on a national study of working women, this article discusses some significant differences between the women educators who had suffered from midlife crises (two-thirds of those responding) and those who had not, and provided clues about how such crises can be reduced in severity. (PGD)

This study explores how sex is related to core-periphery placement and mobility from labor force entry to almost midcareer. The results support the existing literature that suggests women enter the labor force in peripheral industries. Limitations and issues pertaining to future studies using both individualistic and structural approaches are…