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Title: Effects of Multiple Roles on Women's Health- Evidence from a National Longitudinal Study
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Waldron, Ingrid Jacobs, Jerry A. |
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Effects of Multiple Roles on Women's Health- Evidence from a National Longitudinal Study Women and Health 15,1 (1989): 3-19. Also: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J013v15n01_02 Cohort(s): Mature Women Publisher: Haworth Press, Inc. Keyword(s): Children; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Labor Force Participation; Marital Status; Women's Roles This study analyzes data from the NLS of Mature Women in order to assess the health effects of three roles -- labor force participant, spouse, and parent. Women who held more roles had better health trends. The effect of each specific role varied, depending on race and the other roles a woman held. For example, it appears that labor force participation had beneficial effects on health for white women who were not married and for black women with children at home, but not for other women. The findings do not support the hypothesis that involvement in multiple roles contributes to role strain and consequent harmful effects on women's health. Rather, it appears that involvement in multiple roles generally contributed to better health, due to the beneficial effects of labor force participation and marriage for some women. |
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Waldron, Ingrid and Jerry A. Jacobs. "Effects of Multiple Roles on Women's Health- Evidence from a National Longitudinal Study." Women and Health 15,1 (1989): 3-19.
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