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Title: Changing Family Roles as Predictors of Labor Force Behaviors
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1. Macke, Anne Statham
Changing Family Roles as Predictors of Labor Force Behaviors
Presented: Cincinnati, OH, Meetings of the North Central Sociological Association, May 1978
Cohort(s): Mature Women, Older Men, Young Men, Young Women
Publisher: North Central Sociological Association ==> Routledge (new in 2012)
Keyword(s): Attitudes; Family Constraints; Family Influences; Mobility, Job

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Data from the four age/sex groups in the NLS were analyzed to examine the impact of family role attitudes on labor force behaviors. Nontraditional men and traditional women, being relatively free of family support responsibility, were expected to exhibit more flexibility in their labor force behaviors. They were expected to change employers more frequently, to do so for personal gain or satisfaction, to feel less constrained by the family's economic needs. The findings partially support the hypothesis, but show the greatest similarity between nontraditional men and nontraditional women. These nontraditional persons change employers more often, do so for personal gain or satisfaction, but are actually more constrained by the family's support situation. This combination of flexibility and constraint represents joint support responsibility. By closely monitoring the family's situation, each partner can provide security to the other during risky transitions, in the end allowing for more flexibility and ultimate job success. Evidence of this pattern was found in all age and race groups, along with some evidence that the prevalence of this pattern is increasing over time.
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Macke, Anne Statham. "Changing Family Roles as Predictors of Labor Force Behaviors." Presented: Cincinnati, OH, Meetings of the North Central Sociological Association, May 1978.