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Peer reviewedRexroat, Cynthia – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1990
Examined effects of household structure on labor force status of female heads of families with minor children using the March 1985 Current Population Survey. Results suggest that models of labor force behavior are misspecified if female heads of families are not analyzed separately by race and marital status. (Author/ABL)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Family Structure, Females, Heads of Households
Download full textBianchi, Suzanne M.; Spain, Daphne – 1983
One of a series of reports which use Census Bureau data to provide perspective on important demographic and socioeconomic trends and patterns, this analysis describes changes that have affected women's roles in the last 30 years. Topics discussed are: marriage, divorce, widowhood, childbearing, household and family living arrangements, education,…
Descriptors: Birth, Birth Rate, Census Figures, Divorce
