Husbands and Wives as Earners: An Analysis of Family Data.

Abstract

Until the late 1960's, not much attention was paid to families in which both husband and wife worked (dual-earner families). At that time, however, wives' labor force participation rates began to increase dramatically.' As a result, between 1968 and 1978, the number of families in which only the husband worked (traditional-earner families) declined by approximately 4.1 million, while that of dual-earner families rose by about 4.5 million (or nearly 25 percent) . The following article provides a broad base of information on this increasingly prevalent family type, focusing on their demographic and economic characteristics, and including comparisons with the traditional family .' An accompanying bibliography lists recent studies dealing with dual-earner families and their unique problems, as well as related topics.

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