Examined the relationship between the length of time worked by mothers receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children and three categories of variables. Only economic factors appeared to significantly affect the mothers' decision whether to work. (Author)

Examined correlations between the percentage of Native American females in the labor force and the homicide rates for Native American children. Results show that female employment rates correlated with suicide rates (high employment corresponded with high suicide). Suggests that the disruption of aboriginal kinship systems can explain these…

Jewish Israeli women (n=6,018) were more likely to leave reduced-hour or part-time jobs than full-time jobs. New mothers were more likely to move to reduced-hour or part-time work. Women in female-dominated or peripheral occupations were more likely to reduce hours or quit. In the long term, part-time work was disadvantageous to women. (SK)

Investigated factors influencing job satisfaction of 217 women working in 51 nontraditional occupations. Explored the occupational unique experiences confronted by women in nontraditional occupations. Identified job location, job awareness and changes, work and family roles, income and earnings, and preparation for a job as important…

A little flexibility from an employer can keep an overextended female employee from having to choose between job and family. It allows more women to climb the corporate ladder while helping companies expand their talent pool and meet Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regulations. (Author)

Compared congruency between types of noncollege-degreed employed women's (N=171) actual occupational choices and their cognitive occupational preferences to congruency between types of personality and choices. Results indicated that, although association between types of cognitive occupational preference and actual occupational choice was superior…

More than six million persons who spent at least half of 1987 in the labor force were poor; among families with workers, those headed by unmarried women with children have the highest poverty rates. (Author)

Examined whether early divorce would affect job satisfaction of professional or clerical/technical women (N=88) working in hospitals and explored differences among married, divorced, and single working women in their perceptions of different areas of their work. Results revealed significant positive relationship between job level and job…

A study of alcohol consumption among employed women and educational implications derived from it are discussed. Results indicated that not only do women drink differently from men, but also rural and urban women drink differently. It is suggested that rural and urban alcohol educational programs should be structured differently. (JD)

Looks at the simultaneous labor force participation and hours of work decisions for Japanese wives, both employees and family workers. Although the estimated aggregate wage and income fluctuations for employees are somewhat higher than previous estimates for the United States, they are of the same order of magnitude. (JOW)

Interviews with seven women lecturers and five administrative/library staff at Leeds University uncovered the following: differential career paths for women and men; a link between the extent of career progression and working full or part time; and few opportunities for gender issues to be openly discussed in the academic workplace. (SK)

Examines whether living with other adults enables married and single mothers to enter the labor market. Findings show that coresident adults increased the labor force participation of some groups of women and that coresident adults serve different functions within households, which in turn influence women's labor force decisions in various ways.…

Data from the Washington State Career Development Study showed that many women go between sex-typical and sex-atypical occupations. Higher work commitment slows movement from nontraditional to traditional occupations, but family variables do not constrain moves to nontraditional jobs nor speed moves to traditional ones. (SK)

According to interviews with 30 women in middle management, 4 factors pertinent to their success were educational credentials, hard work, mentors, and interpersonal skills. Barriers to career development were supervisors/directors, sex discrimination, lack of political savvy, and lack of career strategy. (SK)

Explored how wife's employment and gender-role attitudes of both spouses affect perceptions of marital quality of husbands and wives. Data from 452 married couples suggest that gender-role attitudes are more important than wife's employment characteristics in determining the perceived quality of marriages. Gender-role variables interacted with…