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Title: Long-Term Poverty Among Older Women: The Effects of Work in Midlife
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McNamara, Justine M. |
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Long-Term Poverty Among Older Women: The Effects of Work in Midlife Ph.D. Dissertation, Bryn Mawr College, September 2004. DAI-A 65/03, p. 1120, Sep 2004 Cohort(s): Mature Women, Young Women Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning Keyword(s): Economic Well-Being; Economics of Gender; Income; Income Level; Poverty; Work History Existing research on links between lifecourse events and later life economic well-being does not tend to emphasize the continuity of poverty and disadvantage among older adults. This study focuses on long-term economic hardship among older women, examining the effects of work history and other factors on the later life economic well-being of women who had low income in midlife. Data for this study came from the National Longitudinal Survey of Mature Women (NLSMW), and spanned the years 1967–1999. A sample of 2915 women was drawn from the NLSMW, with just over one third of this sample having had income below 200% of the poverty line in midlife. When controlling for other factors which affect later life income, I found that the amount of work low income women did in midlife had little effect on their later life economic outcomes, although job characteristics such as unionization and the availability of fringe benefits, did have a positive effect on later life economic well-being. For women who had higher income at midlife, however, hours worked in midlife, irrespective of job characteristics, often had a positive impact on later life economic well-being. |
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McNamara, Justine M. Long-Term Poverty Among Older Women: The Effects of Work in Midlife. Ph.D. Dissertation, Bryn Mawr College, September 2004. DAI-A 65/03, p. 1120, Sep 2004. |