Couples' employment/retirement patterns and perceptions of marital quality.

A study was conducted to examine the effect of couples' employment/retirement patterns on indicators of marital quality. Results indicate that the husband retired/wife employed pattern is related to perceptions of lower marital quality among traditional gender-role couples. However, traditional gen...

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Publicado en:Research on Aging Vol. 18; pp. 243 - 269
Autor principal: Szinovácz, Maximiliane
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. June 1996
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Sumario:A study was conducted to examine the effect of couples' employment/retirement patterns on indicators of marital quality. Results indicate that the husband retired/wife employed pattern is related to perceptions of lower marital quality among traditional gender-role couples. However, traditional gender-role employed husbands with retired wives report somewhat greater marital quality than do husbands in dual-earner couples. Moreover, dual-retired spouses with recently retired wives obtain lower scores on marital happiness than do spouses in current dual-earner couples.