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The Impact of Mothers' Employment on Family Relationships
This paper looks at couples' perceptions of the impact maternal employment has on their relationship with each other and with their children.
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Marriage > Male/Female Marital Roles
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Joseph Rowntree Foundation
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July 01, 2003
Making fathers “count”
The study examines the evolving role of Canadian fathers against a backdrop of economic, social and marital changes.
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Category:
Marriage > Male/Female Marital Roles
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Statistics Canada
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June 8, 2011
Why has the gender wage gap narrowed?
The article examines factors that are narrowing the wage gap between the genders in the labour market.
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Marriage > Male/Female Marital Roles
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Statistics Canada
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Spring 2011
The State of Our Unions: The Social Health of Marriage in America
This paper addresses the state of marriage in America and how it has been affected by changing attitudes towards divorce, cohabitation, gender differences, financial stability, childbearing, and sex.
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Marriage > Male/Female Marital Roles
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Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
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June 01, 2002
Australian Social Trends 1999: Work - Unpaid Work: How Couples Share Domestic Work
This article examines Australian statistics on how couples divide household chores, and how much time each gender spends doing domestic work.
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Marriage > Male/Female Marital Roles
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Australian Bureau of Statistics
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January 26, 2000
The Psychological Benefits of Marriage
This report explores findings that show that married people tend to have a greater sense of psychological wellbeing than non married people and explores why marriage is related to lower levels of depression.
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Category:
Marriage > Male/Female Marital Roles
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Maxim Institute
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March 2007
Paternal Involvement with Children: The Role of Gender Ideologies
This paper examines the effects of parental gender ideologies on the nature and extent of fathers' involvement with their children.
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Category:
Marriage > Male/Female Marital Roles
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Center for Family and Demographic Research
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2003
Work/Family Balance: What Do We Really Know?
This paper reviews research on the nature, scope and implications of work/family conflict and endeavours to (1) explain the fundamental causes of the work/family conflict, (2) demonstrate the impacts of this imbalance on families and organizations, (3) discuss the challenges families face, and (4) present possible strategies to improve the situation.
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Marriage > Male/Female Marital Roles
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Vanier Institute of the Family
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January 15, 2009
Learning Competent Fathering: A Longitudinal Analysis of Marital Intimacy and Fathering
This study examined how marital intimacy affects fathers' parenting skills.
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Marriage > Male/Female Marital Roles
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Mens Studies Press
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September 22, 2006
Gender Equality, Parenthood Attitudes, and First Births in Sweden
This study explores the gender role attitudes of young men and women in Sweden to determine whether these attitudes influence the age at which young people become parents.
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Category:
Marriage > Male/Female Marital Roles
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Vienna Institute of Demography
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2006
What’s Love Got to Do with It? Equality, Equity, Commitment and Women’s Marital Quality
This study examines marital satisfaction and concludes that women are happiest with marriages that embrace gender equity and a more traditional support for the marriage institution and social institutions that support marriage, especially when husbands share involvement in these institutions.
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Marriage > Male/Female Marital Roles
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The University of North Carolina Press
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March 2006
WHY CONGRESS SHOULD IGNORE RADICAL FEMINIST OPPOSITION TO MARRIAGE
This article provides a historical review of feminism, as well as relevant research on marriage and family, ...
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Marriage > Male/Female Marital Roles
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The Heritage Foundation
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June 16, 2003
Marriage and the Public Good: Ten Principles
This online book outlines ten principles why marriage is good for society and policies that need to be adopted to make marriage more attractive.
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Category:
Marriage > Male/Female Marital Roles
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The Witherspoon Institute
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June 2006
Making Marriage Matter
This lecture highlights the efforts of Frank Keating (the Governor of Oklahoma) to strengthen families and strengthen marriage in Oklahoma.
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Category:
Marriage > Male/Female Marital Roles
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The Heritage Foundation
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September 27, 2000
Female Breadwinner Families: Their Existence, Persistence and Sources
This paper examines couple households in which the female partner in the primary breadwinner for the household.
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Category:
Marriage > Male/Female Marital Roles
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Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
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August 2004
Parental Leave – A Policy Evaluation of the Swedish “Daddy-Month” Reform
This paper examines the effects of government reforms which increase incentives for fathers to take paternal leave after the birth of a child in Sweden.
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Category:
Marriage > Male/Female Marital Roles
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Institute for the Study of Labor
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May 2005
Socialization to Gender Roles and Marriage Among Egyptian Adolescents
This paper explores differences in gender roles and attitudes among Egyptian youth aged 16 to 19.
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Category:
Marriage > Male/Female Marital Roles
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Population Council, Policy Research Division
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2000
The Impact of Attitudes on Marriage Behaviour
This paper studies the way in which attitudes concerning such issues as gender roles, work, financial stability, and the economic and emotional implications of marriage affect the likelihood and timing of marriage in contemporary America.
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Category:
Marriage > Male/Female Marital Roles
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John Hopkins University
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1996
Gender, Employment, and Housework
This paper compares the employment status of, and the division of household labour, amongst married couples in Japan and the US.
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Category:
Marriage > Male/Female Marital Roles
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Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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1996
Effects of Wives’ Employment on Marital Quality
This paper investigates the effects of women’s employment on marital quality, and examines the degree to which the division of household labour and a wife’s work preferences and characteristics influence marital satisfaction.
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Category:
Marriage > Male/Female Marital Roles
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Center for Demography and Ecology University of Wisconsin-Madison
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October 2000
The Influence of the Distribution of Household and Childrearing Tasks between Men and Women on Childbearing Intentions in Austria
This paper examines the influence of shared responsibility for child care and household labour on plans for future childbearing among couples with one child.
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Category:
Marriage > Male/Female Marital Roles
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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January 2002
Reinventing Fatherhood: Toward an Historical Understanding of Continuity and Change in Men's Family Lives
The authors argue that researchers in the U.
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Category:
Marriage > Male/Female Marital Roles
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National Center on Fathers and Families
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December 01, 1998
The Fading Breadwinner Role and the Economic Implications for Young Couples
This paper looks at the increased prevalence of dual-earning families and shows that families in which both partners work have an economic advantage over those in which the husband is the sole breadwinner.
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Category:
Marriage > Male/Female Marital Roles
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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December 01, 1994
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