Unplanned careers
Subtitle: the working lives of middle-aged women
By: edited by Lois Banfill Shaw.
Contributors: Shaw, Lois Banfill.; National Longitudinal Surveys (U.S.)
Publisher: LexingtonBooks
Published: 1983
Place of publication: Lexington, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 149
Subjects: Middle-aged women -- United States -- Longitudinal studies
Notes: Bibliography: p. 135-143.
Based on interviews made by the National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor Market Experience during the years from 1967 to 1977.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction and overview / Lois B. Shaw and Theresa O'Brien; title: Problems of labor market reentry / Lois B. Shaw; title: Causes of irregular employment patterns / Lois B. Shaw; title: Occupational atypicality / Thomas Daymont and Anne Statham; title: Attitudes toward women working / Anne Statham and Patricia Rhoton; title: Economic consequences of poor health in mature women / Thomas N. Chirikos and Gilbert Nestel; title: Economic consequences of midlife change in marital status / Gilbert Nestel, Jacqueline Mercer, and Lois B. Shaw; title: Summary and conclusions / Lois B. Shaw.