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1.	McLaughlin, Steven D. Billy, John O. G. Johnson, Terry R. Melber, Barbara D.
1.	Cosmopolitan Report on the Changing Life Course of American Women: Parts I & II Cosmopolitan Magazine, 1986: pg. Cohort(s): Mature Women, NLSY79, Young Women Publisher: Cosmopolitan Magazine Keyword(s): Attitudes; Behavior; Childbearing; Demography; Fertility; Labor Force Participation; Life Course; Marriage Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. The first of these reports discusses the basic demographic trends in education, marriage, childbearing, and labor force participation experienced by American women. While observing that important changes are occurring within each of the areas listed above, the authors note that, with the exception of the unprecedented increase of women in the labor force, most of the trends can be seen within the perspective of a return to historic trends established in the first half of the century. What appears new is the rise of women as 'primary individuals' who will experience a life course characterized by longer periods of independence and self-sufficiency (e.g., extended education, delayed marriage, postponed childbearing, etc.). The second report examines the linkages between attitude and behavior change and concludes that a major attitude transition has been completed and that, as a result, American women are entering a period of demographic and attitudinal stability.
	Bibliography Citation McLaughlin, Steven D., John O. G. Billy, Terry R. Johnson and Barbara D. Melber. "Cosmopolitan Report on the Changing Life Course of American Women: Parts I & II." Cosmopolitan Magazine, 1986: pg.

2.	McLaughlin, Steven D. Melber, Barbara D.
2.	Female Challenge -- Converging Dreams and Separate Realities Marketing Communications 11,10 (November 1986): 29-36 Cohort(s): Mature Women, Young Women Publisher: Marketing Communications Keyword(s): Attitudes; Behavior; Children; Educational Attainment; Employment; Family Structure; Marriage; Women's Roles Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Recent decades have witnessed fundamental changes in the way women organize their lives. A tremendous transition has taken place through which women have altered their relationships with their families and with the economy. Data on 10,000 women from the Mature and Young Women cohorts (1967-1983) were utilized. The investigation reveals that new levels of economic independence encourage the lifestyle of the ''primary woman,'' who makes major life decisions in such areas as work, children, education, and marriage. Attitudes of women are shifting closer to men's, and there are important and complex linkages between these and personal behavior. One important area remains unaffected: women continue to place a high value on marriage and family. Women want marriage, but they want greater independence within the union. Women's stress in meeting both family and career commitments, combined with their increased purchasing power, may produce important changes in women's consumer behavior.
	Bibliography Citation McLaughlin, Steven D. and Barbara D. Melber. "Female Challenge -- Converging Dreams and Separate Realities." Marketing Communications 11,10 (November 1986): 29-36.

3.	McLaughlin, Steven D. Melber, Barbara D. Billy, John O. G. Zimmerle, Denise M.
3.	The Changing Lives of American Women Chapel Hill NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1988 Cohort(s): Mature Women, Young Women Publisher: University of North Carolina Press Keyword(s): Attitudes; Behavior; Childbearing; Childbearing, Premarital/Nonmarital; Educational Attainment; Labor Force Participation; Life Course; Life Cycle Research; Marital Status; Sexual Activity; Women Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This book traces the basic demographic, behavioral, and attitudinal changes in the life course of three generations of American women. It looks closely at behavioral changes in educational attainment, marital patterns, premarital sexual behavior, labor force participation, and childbearing. The authors use data from the NLS of Mature Women and Young Women to examine attitudinal changes over the years 1967 to 1982. Various roles or life course stages, i.e., that of student, job holder, wife, employed wife, mother, employed mother, etc., were constructed for four separate five year birth cohorts of women and analyzed for the years 1960 to 1980. Finally, changes in life course plans (percent planning to be homemakers at age 35), attitude of women toward full-time employment of mothers, and attitude toward mothers' working when husband disapproves were examined by cohort, life course stage, and year.
	Bibliography Citation McLaughlin, Steven D., Barbara D. Melber, John O. G. Billy and Denise M. Zimmerle. The Changing Lives of American Women. Chapel Hill NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1988.

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