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- Title
Employment, Family, and Perceptions of Marital Quality Among Husbands and Wives.
- Authors
Blair, Sampson Lee
- Abstract
The article examines the effects of husbands' and wives' employment and marriage characteristics on their respective perceptions of marital quality. Using data from the 1988 National Survey of Families and Households, the article examines the effects of husbands' and wives' employment and marriage characteristics on their respective perceptions of marital quality. Findings shows that husbands and wives had several significant differences in their respective employment characteristics. Although the employment characteristics of females and males were indeed significantly different, the effects of work and occupation on both husbands' and wives' perceptions of marital quality were minimal. Employment characteristics significantly affected the consideration of divorce, amount of daily contact, and the frequency of disagreements in marriage, yet their effects were slight as compared to the effects demonstrated by marital characteristics. Both husbands' and wives' perceptions of marital quality were affected primarily by marital characteristics.
- Subjects
MARRIED people; MARITAL relations; MARRIAGE; FAMILIES; SENSORY perception
- Publication
Journal of Family Issues, 1993, Vol 14, Issue 2, p189
- ISSN
0192-513X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/019251393014002003