ISBN:
9781610440530
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xxii, 286 pages)
,
illustrations
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
The Population of the United States in the 1980s : a census monograph series
Series Statement:
The Population of the United States in the 1980s
Parallel Title:
Print version American women in transition
DDC:
305.4/2/0973
Keywords:
Women Economic conditions
;
Women Social conditions
;
Women
;
Women ; United States ; Social conditions
;
Women ; United States ; Economic conditions
;
Women ; United States
;
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Abstract:
Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- Overview -- Data and Analysis -- 1. Marriage Patterns -- First Marriage -- Cohabitation -- Divorce -- Widowhood -- Remarriage -- Summary -- 2. Childbearing -- Fertility Trends -- Changing Birth Expectations -- Contraception and Abortion -- Timing of Fertility -- Teenage and Out-of-Wedlock Fertility -- Summary -- 3. Living Arrangements -- Changing Distribution of Households -- Changing Propensities to Live Independently -- Living Arrangements of the Elderly -- Changes in Nonfamily Living in the 1970s
Abstract:
Nonfamily Living Among Young Adults -- Families Maintained by Women -- Summary -- 4. Education -- Educational Attainment -- College Enrollment -- Field of Study -- Educational Attainment and Age at First Marriage -- Educational Attainment and Fertility -- The Role of the Same-Sex Parent -- Consequences of Higher Education -- Summary -- 5. Labor Force Participation and Occupational Composition -- Trends in Labor Force Participation -- Trends in Women's Attachment to the Labor Force -- Sex Differences in Labor Force Participation -- Sex Differences in Experience, Tenure, and On-the-Job Training
Abstract:
Occupations -- Beyond Occupation: Sex Differentiation in Specific Job Titles -- Summary -- 6. Earnings -- Trends in the Sex Differential in Earnings -- Age, Education, and Earnings Differences by Sex -- Earnings Differences Within Occupations -- Why Do Women Earn Less Than Men? -- Pay Equity for Women -- Summary -- 7. Income, Poverty, and Per Capita Well-Being -- Trends in Labor Force Participation and Earnings of Wives -- Trends in Labor Force Participation and Earnings of Female Householders -- Female-Maintained Families and Poverty -- Child Support -- Economic Well-Being of Women and Men
Abstract:
Summary -- Chapter 8. Work, Home, and Children: The Balancing Act -- Labor Force Participation and Fertility -- Child Care Arrangements -- Employment and Household Chores -- Employment and Psychological Well-Being -- Sex Role Attitudes -- Summary -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Description / Table of Contents:
Marriage patternsChildbearing -- Living arrangements -- Education -- Labor force participation and occupational composition -- Earnings -- Income, poverty, and per capita well-being -- Work, home, and children: the balancing act.
Note:
"For the National Committee for Research on the 1980 Census
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-267) and index
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