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Relationship Between Health Patterns in the Family and Married Women's Dependency Ph.D. Dissertation, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1980 Cohort(s): Mature Women Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning Keyword(s): Family Income; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Locus of Control (see Rotter Scale); Marital Status; Modeling, Multilevel; Rotter Scale (see Locus of Control); Wives, Work This investigation focused upon the relationship between health patterns in the family and married women's dependency. Dependency was measured by three variables: locus of control, proportionate income contribution, and attitude toward wives' working. Separate longitudinal patterns of health status for the family as a unit, spouses only, and married women only were established. These patterns were termed familial, conjugal, and personal health patterns. The major purpose of the investigation was to determine whether familial, conjugal, and personal health patterns in conjunction with other selected variables contributed significantly in explaining variance in the three measures of dependency. The NLS for 3,140 married women aged 30 to 44 interviewed in 1967, 1969, 1971, and 1972 were utilized in the investigation. Findings from previous research guided the formulation of the eight linear models hypothesized. The criterion variable in three of the models was locus of control; in another three, proportionate income contribution was the criterion variable; and in two models, the criterion variable was attitude toward wives' working. The major form of statistical analysis was multiple linear regression. All eight hypothesized linear models were found to be statistically significant in terms of the proportion of variance in each criterion variable attributable to the specified linear combination of predictors. The increment in explained variance in locus of control scores attributable to familial health patterns was statistically significant. With proportionate income contribution, the increment in explained variance due to personal health patterns was statistically significant. In the other six models the health patterns did not add significantly to the variance in the criterion variable after the other predictors operating jointly were considered. The findings suggested that health patterns are more strongly related to some aspects of dependency than others and that the relationships vary when health patterns are considered for the family unit versus the individual. Results of the investigation suggested that further refinements in the identification of longitudinal patterns of health among family members would be useful in subsequent studies of married women's attitudes and actions. |
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Sharp, Sharon Andrews. Relationship Between Health Patterns in the Family and Married Women's Dependency. Ph.D. Dissertation, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1980. |