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Peer reviewedMartin, Linda R.; Giannaros, Demetrios – Monthly Labor Review, 1990
Studies suggest negative employment consequences if the minimum wage is increased. This may not affect poverty among households headed by women because the unemployment rate does not seem to play a statistically significant role in determining the poverty rate for this cohort. (Author)
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Females, Heads of Households, Minimum Wage
Peer reviewedSproat, Kezia – Monthly Labor Review, 1983
Using longitudinal survey data on the retirement experience of men, researchers provide insights on the economic situation of families in which the major breadwinner is retired. (JOW)
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Family Income, Family Life, Heads of Households
Peer reviewedDanziger, Sheldon; Gottschalk, Peter – Monthly Labor Review, 1986
Reports on a study indicating that most able-bodied heads of poor households demonstrate labor force attachment, but their employment tends to be intermittent, low-paying, or both. (Author/CH)
Descriptors: Heads of Households, Labor Force, Low Income, Low Income Groups
Peer reviewedFlaim, Paul O.; Gellner, Christopher G. – Monthly Labor Review, 1972
Burden of unemployment shifted from male household heads to female and teenage family members during the 1962-71 period. (MF)
Descriptors: Employment Level, Family Relationship, Heads of Households, Labor Economics
Peer reviewedHayghe, Howard – Monthly Labor Review, 1973
Special Labor Force Report on marital and family characteristics shows increase in number of families with more than one worker. (Editor)
Descriptors: Employed Women, Employment Patterns, Family Characteristics, Heads of Households
Peer reviewedJohnson, Beverly L.; Waldman, Elizabeth – Monthly Labor Review, 1983
Most women who maintain families have a strong commitment to the labor force but have lower average educational attainment and earnings, bringing them closer to poverty with each additional child. (JOW)
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged, Employed Women, Employment Potential
Peer reviewedJohnson, Beverly L. – Monthly Labor Review, 1978
Presents statistics on demographic trends, labor force trends, and income which shows that since 1970 about 60 percent of the increase in the number of American families in which women have the main economic and social responsibilities has been among divorcees; the income of one-third of these families remains below the poverty level. (Editor/TA)
Descriptors: Demography, Economic Status, Employed Women, Employment Patterns
Peer reviewedYoung, Anne M. – Monthly Labor Review, 1973
Special Labor Force Report shows mothers of almost 26 million children under age 18 were in the labor force in March 1972. (Editor)
Descriptors: Black Mothers, Children, Employed Women, Employment Patterns
Peer reviewedCorcoran, Mary; And Others – Monthly Labor Review, 1980
According to a national survey, a majority of workers heard about their current jobs through friends and relatives. Informal channels were used more among young, less educated, and blue-collar workers, while women were less likely than men to have used such channels. (SK)
Descriptors: Blacks, Employment Opportunities, Females, Heads of Households
Download full textMcEaddy, Beverly Johnson – Monthly Labor Review, 1976
This report describes the socioeconomic conditions of women who are heads of families noting that the accelerated growth of families headed by women in recent years, especially since 1970, has been of concern in part because one out of every three, as compared to one of every eighteen of the families headed by men, is living at or below what is…
Descriptors: Age, Economic Research, Employed Women, Employment
