Research Areas - Civic Values and Institutions

Living on the Edge: 

Women Working and Providing for Families in the Maine Economy, 1979-1993

Table of Contents

Cover Page
Preface
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
Executive Summary
Sec.I Introduction
Sec.II Out to Work
Sec.III The Economic Status of Woman in Maine
A. Education
B. Women: Combining Work and Family
Sec.IV The Impact of Economic Growth in Maine on Woman
A. Women's Employment in Occupations
B. Women's Employment in Industries
Sec.V "Rising Tides and Leaky Boats": Women's Job Prospects to the Year 2000
Sec.VI Two Strikes and You're Out: Accounting for Women's Low Earnings
Sec.VII Back to Basics: The Gap Between Maine Women's Income and Meeting Families' Basic Needs
A. Basic Needs Budget Categories
B. Prescribed Basic Needs Expenditures and Actual Earnings
Sec.VIII Why Women and Their Families Require Welfare Assistance: The Labor Market Experience of a Sample of Maine AFDC Recipients
Sec.IX Summary and Conclusions
Appendix A
References
Endnotes
Margaret Chase Smith Center for Public Policy
University of Maine
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Updated: 15 February, 2001
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