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Title: Unemployed Men and the Women Who Love Them: Women's Labor Force Response to Spousal Unemployment

Citation Type: Conference Paper

Publication Year: 2004

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Abstract: This paper explores women's decisions to increase their labor force participation following the forced unemployment of their spouse. Data collected from semi-structured in-depth interviews with 29 women married to blue-collar men in Utah County, UT are analyzed. IPUMS, 2000 Census 1% sample, data are used to illustrate the industries husbands and wives in Utah are employed in and the median salary/wages for married individuals within each industry. Our results suggest that the concentration of employed, married women in certain industries (e.g. education and retail), insufficient wages, a lack of access to better work opportunities, and family constraints all factor into women's decisions regarding labor force participation following spousal unemployment.

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Authors: Legerski, Elizabeth Miklya; Cornwall, Marie

Conference Name: American Sociological Association

Publisher Location: San Francisco, CA

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Family and Marriage, Labor Force and Occupational Structure

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