Class Differences in Definition of Role and Membership in Voluntary Associations Among Urban Married Women

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ID2205180
AuthorsCarol Slater (corresponding author)
Year1960
Volume65
Issue6
Pages616-619
Publication date1960-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/222794
OpenAlexW1968471770
LanguageEN
Citations received7

In a national sample study of 365 married women the amount of participation in voluntary associations was found to differ by socioeconomic class. In the most active stratum of women, conflict between housework and an outside activity was more often resolved in favor of the latter, familial roles were more likely to be regarded in ways which facilitated leaving home, and non-familial roles had greater salience. In the least active stratum, women were more likely to stress the concrete household tasks and to see themselves exclusively in the domestic role. Differences in level of participation are attributed, at least in part, these differences

Demographic economics · Economics · Political science · Population · Salience (neuroscience) · Social class · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Stratum · Turnover · Voluntary association · Demography · Homelessness and Social Issues · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges

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