American women in transition

American women in transition /

The authors, a demographer and a sociologist, convert the vast statistical data on women into authoritative analyses of major changes and trends in American life. Drawing on 1980 census data, previous censuses, and subsequent national surveys, they document women's increasing educational attain...

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Main Author: Bianchi, Suzanne M.
Corporate Author: National Committee for Research on the 1980 Census
Other Authors: Spain, Daphne
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, ©1986.
Series:Population of the United States in the 1980s
Subjects:
Women > United States > Social conditions.
Women > United States > Economic conditions.
Women > United States.
Women > Economic conditions > 1945-.
Women
Femmes > États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 1945-
Femmes > États-Unis > Conditions économiques > 1945-
Femmes > États-Unis.
Women.
Women > Economic conditions.
Women > Social conditions.
Fujin > Amerikagasshukoku.
Femmes > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Femmes > États-Unis > Conditions économiques.
Frau.
United States
United States.
USA.
Table of Contents:
  • Marriage patterns
  • Childbearing
  • Living arrangements
  • Education
  • Labor force participation and occupational composition
  • Earnings
  • Income, poverty, and per capita well-being
  • Work, home, and children: the balancing act.

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