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Wainerman, Catalina H. – Comparative Education Review, 1980
The author attempts to identify which females, in different educational levels and family situations, have a greater propensity to participate in the labor market and to evaluate how formal education and marital status influence this propensity. Data are drawn from the latest available censuses of Argentina (1970) and Paraguay (1972). (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Educational Attainment, Educational Status Comparison
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Pascual, Liliana; And Others – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1995
Examined and compared the psychosocial predictors of a mother's decision to work and the number of hours worked in Argentina compared to the U.S. Results from 78 U.S. and 68 Argentinean women revealed that better educated, higher status U.S. women worked longer hours after childbirth than similar women in Argentina. Cultural and economic…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences, Employed Parents
Kelly, Gail P., Ed.; Elliott, Carolyn M., Ed. – 1982
Focusing on Third World countries, this book examines the undereducation of women, causes of women's undereducation, changes in female education patterns, and the significance of such changes in society and in women's lives. The book consists of four parts, comprising different chapters written by social scientists, researchers, and educators.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Birth Rate, Developing Nations, Educational Attainment