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1.	Harrison, Scott C. Waite, Linda J.
1.	Mature Women's Kin Availability and Contact Sociology and Social Research 71,4 (July 1987): 266-270 Cohort(s): Mature Women Publisher: Journal has ceased publication, check OCLC - Worldcat for libraries holdings. Keyword(s): Family Influences; Family Resources; Support Networks; Women Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. The frequency of contact that mature women have with their children, parents, siblings, and in-laws is examined based on data from the NLS of Mature Women, a longitudinal survey of approximately 5,000 females aged 30-44 in 1967 when the panel began. In 1981, the 3,677 respondents remaining (aged 44-59) were asked how often they had face-to-face or telephone contact with the different types of kin. A 7-point scale ranging from daily to never was used to measure frequency of contact. Respondents were most frequently in contact with their children, followed by parents, in-laws, and siblings. More than 95% of each subgroup who had kin were in contact with at least one kin member monthly. It is concluded that these findings may reduce the concern about a lack of family support among the next generation of elderly. [Sociological Abstracts, Inc.]
	Bibliography Citation Harrison, Scott C. and Linda J. Waite. "Mature Women's Kin Availability and Contact." Sociology and Social Research 71,4 (July 1987): 266-270.

2.	Spitze, Glenna D.
2.	Family Migration Largely Unresponsive to Wife's Employment Sociology and Social Research 70,3 (April 1986): 231-234 Cohort(s): Mature Women, Young Women Publisher: Journal has ceased publication, check OCLC - Worldcat for libraries holdings. Keyword(s): Family Influences; Husbands, Influence; Life Cycle Research; Migration; Wives, Work Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This paper examines the influence of a wife's job opportunities on the decision of a family to migrate, using data on white families from the NLS Young and Mature Women cohorts. A model was tested which included the influences of family life-cycle stage, community ties, husband's socioeconomic status, and wife's employment. Cross-tabulations and regression analyses suggest no overall wife employment status effect (though some significant effects were found for certain age groups). Suggestions for further research include analyses of: (1) migration patterns of families with high steady incomes in which the earnings of the wife are relatively equal to those of the husband; and (2) the ways by which all family members' individual preferences and intra-family influences combine to affect the migration decision-making process.
	Bibliography Citation Spitze, Glenna D. "Family Migration Largely Unresponsive to Wife's Employment." Sociology and Social Research 70,3 (April 1986): 231-234.

3.	Treas, Judith A.
3.	Differential Achievement: Race, Sex, and Jobs Sociology and Social Research 62,3 (April 1978): 387-400 Cohort(s): Mature Women Publisher: Journal has ceased publication, check OCLC - Worldcat for libraries holdings. Keyword(s): Career Patterns; Educational Attainment; Occupational Status; Racial Differences Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This study attempts to determine why both black men and black women obtain lower status jobs than their white counterparts. The data are the subsample of 274 black women and 655 nonblack women who were "native-born" and of "nonfarm origins," from the NLS Mature Women Cohort and the subsample of 373 black men and 5,646 nonblack men who were also 30-44 years of age, "native-born," and of "nonfarm origins," surveyed by the Occupational Changes in a Generation Study, "a Current Population Survey supplement" in 1962. The analysis demonstrates that lower social origins and educational attainments are sufficient explanations of blacks' occupational disadvantage. Although black women get as much schooling as white woman with similar social origins, they take humbler first jobs. This status gap narrows over the course of a career, but black women never overcome this inauspicious labor force entry. Black men experience unique barriers to schooling. Although their career beginnings may not be lower than those of white men with limited educations, black men do not enjoy the upward career trajectory that characterizes their white counterparts.
	Bibliography Citation Treas, Judith A. "Differential Achievement: Race, Sex, and Jobs." Sociology and Social Research 62,3 (April 1978): 387-400.

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