Entry:

Edwards, Patricia Klobus; Edwards, John N.; and Watts, Ann DeWitt, "Women, Work, and Social Participation," Journal of Voluntary Action Research, 13 (January-March, 1984), 7-22.


Abstract:

Women who are employed full-time and have high occupational prestige report extensive affiliations with instrumental associations, while non-working women report greater affiliations with associations of mixed functions, such as organizations characterized by a service orientation which traditionally have constituted one of the principal domains of women. Employment status does not affect the extent women socialize with their friends or relatives. However, non-employed females tend to socialize more with th

GSS Years:

1978, 1980

Other Data Sets:

Norwood and Waldman 1979

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
MEMFRAT

MEMBERSHIP IN FRATERNAL GROUP

MEMSERV

MEMBERSHIP IN SERVICE GROUP

MEMVET

MEMBERSHIP IN VETERAN GROUP

MEMPOLIT

MEMBERSHIP IN POLITICAL CLUB

MEMUNION

MEMBERSHIP IN LABOR UNION

MEMSPORT

MEMBERSHIP IN SPORTS CLUB

MEMYOUTH

MEMBERSHIP IN YOUTH GROUP

MEMSCHL

MEMBERSHIP IN SCHOOL SERVICE

MEMHOBBY

MEMBERSHIP IN HOBBY CLUB

MEMGREEK

MEMBERSHIP IN SCHOOL FRATERNITY

MEMNAT

MEMBERSHIP IN NATIONALITY GROUP

MEMFARM

MEMBERSHIP IN FARM ORGANIZATION

MEMLIT

MEMBERSHIP IN LITERARY OR ART GROUP

MEMPROF

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY

MEMCHURH

MEMBERSHIP IN CHURCH GROUP

MEMOTHER

MEMBERSHIP IN ANY OTHER

MEMNUM

NUMBER OF MEMBERSHIPS

SOCREL

SPEND EVENING WITH RELATIVES

SOCOMMUN

SPEND EVENING WITH NEIGHBOR

SOCFREND

SPEND EVENING WITH FRIENDS

SEX

RESPONDENTS SEX

WRKSTAT

LABOR FRCE STATUS

OCC

RS CENSUS OCCUPATION CODE (1970)

AGE

AGE OF RESPONDENT

EDUC

HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED

INCOME

TOTAL FAMILY INCOME

CHILDS

NUMBER OF CHILDREN

XNORCSIZ

EXPANDED N.O.R.C. SIZE CODE