Married women, work, and values
Mahshid Jalilvand
Professor of economics in the Department of Social Science at the School of Arts and Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, Wisconsin.
Working women appear to have a personal-value structure different from that of nonworking women; economic and political values are more prominent among women who work, while social and religious values play a greater role for women who stay at home.
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