Becoming the Breadwinner: Single Mothers' Reactions to Changes in Their Paid Work Lives.

Fassinger, Polly A.

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Publication Date: 1989

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Becoming the Breadwinner: Single Mothers' Reactions to Changes in Their Paid Work Lives.

Fassinger, Polly A.

Family Relations, v38 n4 p404-11 Oct 1989

Examined attitudes of 20 divorced mothers about becoming their families' breadwinners. Attitudes toward breadwinning varied according to 3 marital history types: segregated, modified-segregated, and primarily wife-shaped. Findings showed that mothers from segregated marriages had the greatest difficulty accepting the breadwinner role. (TE)

Descriptors: Divorce, Employed Parents, Employed Women, Family Characteristics, Family History, Fatherless Family, Heads of Households, Marriage, Mother Attitudes, Mothers, One Parent Family, Parent Role

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Language: English

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