The Relation of Child Age, Gender, and Number of Children to the Marital Adjustment of Wives.

Abbott, Douglas A.; Brody, Gene H.

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Publication Date: 1985

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The Relation of Child Age, Gender, and Number of Children to the Marital Adjustment of Wives.

Abbott, Douglas A.; Brody, Gene H.

Journal of Marriage and the Family, v47 n1 p77-84 Feb 1985

Compared marital adjustment of 210 employed wives with no children, infants, and/or preschoolers. Although childless wives reported higher levels of marital adjustment and emotional quality of home environment than did mothers, differences were primarily due to mothers with two children and mothers with male children. (NRB)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Employed Women, Family Environment, Family Size, Marital Satisfaction, Mothers, Sex Differences, Young Children

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Language: English

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