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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
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
Spalter-Roth, Roberta M.; Hartmann, Heidi I. – 1991
This document presents a study that views working mothers as primary or co-equal earners, who need wages sufficient to support their families. The study hypothesized that the complex socioeconomic trends of the last two decades have had more of an impact on working mothers' wages than have their specific family relations. The study employed a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Dual Career Family, Employed Parents, Employed Women
Download full textEmployment Standards Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Women's Bureau. – 1975
Data provided in this study encompass topics such as: labor force participation, unemployment, marital status, women heads of families, working mothers, the children of working mothers, education, employment status of high school dropouts, occupations, full-time and full-year workers, and earnings. Minority workers (data refers to all races other…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks, Cultural Influences
