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Peer reviewedWaite, Linda J. – Social Science Research, 1978
The status of the housewife and mother roles may be declining as more women enter the labor force and birth rates continue to fall. Such changes in sex-role attitudes could lead to increases in female labor force participation which are much larger than those projected. (Author)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Census Figures, Employed Women, Employment
Peer reviewedWaite, Linda J. – American Sociological Review, 1976
Major hypothesis tested is that significant changes have occurred since 1940 in the effects of the factors influencing working by wives. The research supports this hypothesis for the early stages of marriage and child bearing only. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Employed Women, Employment Patterns, Family Characteristics, Family Income
Peer reviewedSpitze, Glenna D.; Waite, Linda J. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1981
Used longitudinal data to examine the relations between husbands' perceived attitudes toward wives' working and early employment attitudes and behaviors of wives. Revisions in husband's perceived attitudes to conform with wives' employment attitudes and behaviors during early years of marriage were found. (Author)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Employed Women, Employment Level, Influences
Peer reviewedWaite, Linda J.; And Others – Social Science Quarterly, 1977
Compares results of a 1965 survey of child care utilization among employed mothers with a similar survey taken in 1971. The recent increase in numbers of young mothers seeking employment has created some demand for formal child care arrangements, but women still largely prefer to use friends, neighbors, and other family members for the care of…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Child Care, Comparative Analysis, Employed Women
Download full textWaite, Linda J. – 1978
In this paper evidence on the causal connection between employment of women and sex-role attitudes is presented and evaluated. The effects of sex-role attitudes on labor force participation are reviewed, and changes in sex-role attitudes during the next fifteen years are projected. Information on the relationship between sex-role attitudes and…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitudes, Developmental Stages, Employed Parents
Waite, Linda J. – Population Bulletin, 1981
Women comprised 43% of the United States labor force in 1980, up from 29% in 1950. The surge in women's employment is linked to more delayed marriage, divorce, separation, women's increased education, lower fertility, rapid growth in clerical and service jobs, inflation, and changed attitudes toward "women's place." Employment has risen…
Descriptors: Adults, Affirmative Action, Career Education, Employed Parents
Waite, Linda J. – 1976
This report presents data on daytime care arrangements for children aged 3 to 13 of working and non-working mothers. Presented by age, race and school enrollment of the child, marital status of the mother and family income, data were collected through two surveys: one of day care arrangements for children aged 3 to 6 and another for children aged…
Descriptors: Black Mothers, Child Care, Day Care, Demography
