The interdependence of home and work lives is especially salient among women workers as a result of their greater family responsibilities. To examine the relationship between occupational status, marital status, and number of children among working women, a telephone survey of 1,232 Los Angeles adults (827 females, 405 males) was conducted. An…

Women making career choices need to know what women want and get from their jobs to form realistic expectations and prevent disappointment. Intrinsic job facets (internal characteristics such as challenge and autonomy) and extrinsic facets (external characteristics such as pleasant coworkers, promotion, and pay) are described. (MLW)

Societal attitudes, parental attitudes, and young women's abilities and interests and how they affect their choices of careers are examined. Attitudes toward sex-role appropriateness of occupations, women's anticipated career choices, career pioneers, masculinity v femininity, intrinsic v extrinsic job rewards, time of choice, and predictors of…