Publication type
Journal Article
Author
Publication date
June 1, 2007
Abstract:
This article uses work-life history data from the British Household Panel Survey (1991-2001) to examine married/cohabiting women's work histories and their gender-role attitudes. Findings suggest that women's employment careers are affected by both preferences and constraints. The presence of dependent children poses less of a barrier to full-time work for women with work-centered attitudes than other women. Nevertheless, women having a continuous employment career tend to be childless. Finally, there is a reciprocal relationship between gender-role attitudes and women's labor market participation, suggesting that preferences are changeable according to labor market experience.
Published in
Work and Occupations
Volume
Volume: 34 (4):430-462
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0730888407307200
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Notes
serial sequence - indexed article
#509985