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Title: Married Womens Labor Force Participation in the United States: Results from the 1917/19 Cost of Living Survey

Citation Type: Conference Paper

Publication Year: 2003

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Abstract: One of the most important changes in the United States labor market in the twentieth century was the increased participation of married women. In 1900 just 5.6% of married women were in the labor market. By 1998 61.8% of all married women were working or looking for work. The change is all the more notable because the labor force participation rates of single women have grown not twelve hold, but just by half in the same century (from 43.5% to 68.1%). Increased participation by married women in the labor market has occurred because the relationship between characteristics of women and their families, and labor force participation at a point in time has changed. For example, in cross-sectional data a negative association between husbands’ income and wives’ work is observed. Yet, over . . .

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Authors: Roberts, Evan

Conference Name: SSHA Conference

Publisher Location: Baltimore, MD

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Family and Marriage, Labor Force and Occupational Structure

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