Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ205722
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Publication Date: 1979-Jun
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The Economic Consequences of Marital Dissolution for Women in the Middle Years.
Corcoran, Mary
Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, v5 n3 p343-53 Jun 1979
This article uses longitudinal data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to explore how changes in marital status affect the economic status of married women in their middle years. Results demonstrate that the economic status of women declines sharply when their marriages end. (Author/MC)
Descriptors: Divorce, Economic Change, Economic Status, Family Income, Females, Marital Status, Quality of Life, Racial Differences, Widowed
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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