In order to understand the meaning of wives' labor force participation for dual-earner families and the consequences of that participation, the breadwinner role must be conceptualized more clearly and the concept used more precisely. Researchers must abandon their assumption that all wives who are in the labor force are breadwinners and instead…

Special Labor Force Report on marital and family characteristics shows increase in number of families with more than one worker. (Editor)

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)

This Special Labor Force Report of March 1973, shows a continued decline in labor force participation rates of married men and an increase in rates of married women with young children. It also explores the trends of husbands' and wives' labor force participation, as well as labor force activity of other groups, such as women heads of families and…

The Special Labor Force Report shows a substantial rise in the labor force participation rates of married women and single and divorced persons. Also explored is the downward trend of married men (55 years old or over) as members of the labor force. This decline was due mainly to early retirements and to some extent to a rising incidence of…

This information sheet presents 20 facts on women workers in 1989: (1) 56 million women 16 years of age and over are working or looking for work; (2) 69 percent of all women 18 to 64 years of age are in the civilian labor force; (3) most women workers are employed full time; (4) the average women worker spends 29.3 years of her life in the labor…

This article attempts to evaluate, critically, the scattered findings on divorced women as single parents and on the family units they head, and to re-examine effects of stigma on these families. (Author)

This summary of data on female-headed households indicates that most live in housing that is older and less adequate than that of the general population; the housing units are more often rented than owned; and women in this category must spend a greater proportion of their income on housing than does the general population. Data also show that if…

Examines increases in dissolved marriages among families in the Panel Study of Income Dynamics between 1969 and 1978, considering changes in cohort composition of heads of households and changes in the female's role in the family. Discusses implications of results for use of life-event variables in accounting for divorce. (NRB)

An investigation of the literature was made to define their unique needs and problems and to determine what counseling and educational services are available for them. The literature revealed less attention to the specific needs of women who are single parents than to the overall general needs of women. (Author)

The status of minority women workers in 1976 is examined, particularly in relationship to their white counterparts, under the following topic headings: (1) labor force participation; (2) unemployment status; (3) reasons for unemployment; (4) unemployment during the recession; (5) occupations; (6) marital status; (7) women heads of families; (8)…

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)

Special Labor Force Report shows mothers of almost 26 million children under age 18 were in the labor force in March 1972. (Editor)

Census Bureau information on the changing structure of the American family is examined. Discussed are types of households, one-parent families, women as sole financial contributors, working women, one-person households, delayed marriage, and divorce. (CT)

Boston-area families described the ambivalence of male responses to pressures of increased participation in homemaking. Because of different social support networks, men obtain little support and help in performing housework. Men perceiving paid employment as their primary contribution hesitate to acknowledge responsibility for homemaking…