An Analysis of the Factors Influencing Married Women's Actual or Planned Work Participation

Abstract

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“…Women find political activity inconsistent with their roles as women (Levitt, 1967) and tend to participate as "the wife of...," relying on others' opinions to shape their actions (Jennings and Thomas, 1968). In employment women are found to subordinate their plans to those of the husband (Ireson, 1978) and to base decisions about entering the labor force on his wishes (Rossi, 1956;Weil, 1972).…”

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“…According to Weil (1961), a positive attitude of the husband is strongly correlated with both wife's participation in the labor force and her plans to participate in the labor force. Ferber (1982) found that husband's and wife's attitudes at the time of marriage are both statistically significant determinants of the number of years that the wife works, but the coefficient of the latter is twice as large as that of the former.…”