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| Early childbearing patterns and women's labor force behavior in later life | | Author(s) | Amy Pienta |
| Journal title | Journal of Women & Aging, vol 11, no 1, 1999 |
| Pages | pp 69-84 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Older women ; Children [offspring] ; Childless ; Employment ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The consequences are evaluated of early childbearing decisions for women's employment activities in later life. Within a life course framework, women's early childbearing activities may be linked to later life decisions. Women aged 55 to 64 are evaluated from the 1984 US Survey of Income and Program Participation. Two measures of early family roles are considered: total fertility (number of children ever born), and timing of first child (childless, or before or after age 30). Results provide some limited support that early childbearing roles do have a long-term impact on women's employment decisions. Women who delay childbearing are somewhat more likely to remain in the workforce during their later years, whereas women who remain childless are more likely to have left the workforce. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990518210 A |
| Classmark | BD: SS: SU: WJ: 7T |
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