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Gender, Marital Status, And Earnings

Gender, Marital Status, And Earnings

Berk (1985) proposed that the family is a "gender factory"; that is, families are social institutions in which ideas about gender are formed, enforced, and reproduced across generations. This exercise examines the relationships between marital status and earnings among women aged 25 and over, using data from the 1990 U.S. Census. We will attempt to answer the following question: Does marital status influence earnings among women?... Show More
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stem education, workforce development, technician training, advanced technological education
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Material Type:
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Date Added to MERLOT:
July 18, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:
June 12, 2018
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Barbra Bied Sperling
Hispanic Serving Institution
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College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional
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English
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