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Title: Impact of Household Structure on the Economic Status of Employed Women: A Cohort and Racial Comparison
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Wood, Erica Brown |
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Impact of Household Structure on the Economic Status of Employed Women: A Cohort and Racial Comparison Ph.D. Dissertation, Syracuse University, 1983 Cohort(s): Mature Women, Young Women Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning Keyword(s): Family Structure; Household Income; Income; Labor Force Participation; Marital Status; Racial Differences; Simultaneity; Variables, Independent - Covariate This dissertation examines the impact of household type on the economic status of employed women. One of the major assumptions of the research is that the two are interrelated to such an extent that a comprehensive assessment of economic status cannot be made without simultaneously controlling for the effects of household composition. Another assumption is that patterns in household composition differ by race and that, in turn, causes both intra- and inter-racial economic disparities. The data for this study come from the NLS of Mature and Young Women, years 1967, 1968, 1977 and 1978. All aspects of the data analysis are controlled for household type; race; and cohort. The descriptive data examine the structure of respondents' changing household composition, current employment status, and labor force history as well as components of respondent total family income. The inferential analysis focuses on a human capital model of labor force earnings. The independent variables are education, Duncan occupational prestige code, labor force history, age of youngest child and other family income. The main finding is that both black and white married women in each cohort tend to capture higher returns on their human capital investments with respect to earnings than do black heads of household. The model and the descriptive data indicate signs of economic distress with respect to the increasing population of black heads of household: a drop in labor force participation over the decade studied, low levels of human capital attainment, and low levels of income other than earnings. Simultaneously, black heads of household tend to have nearly as many children as do married women but only one-half the total family income of married women with which to support their families. Results suggest a need to reevaluate the rapidly changing economic and familial roles of white women with data and research. |
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Wood, Erica Brown. Impact of Household Structure on the Economic Status of Employed Women: A Cohort and Racial Comparison. Ph.D. Dissertation, Syracuse University, 1983. |