Employment and divorce among Dutch women born between 1903 and 1937

摘要: Women’s increased economic independence is often regarded as a major contributor to the rise in divorce rate since 1960s. The female labor-force participation and educational attainment has eroded benefits of traditional gender division within marriage reduced negative financial consequences divorce. employment may also undermine marital role expectations increase stress conflict. In contrast other countries, Netherlands seen virtually no empirical support for this hypothesis date. This article tests by examining women born between 1903 1937. results multivariate analyses confirm hypothesis: both high level education significantly women’s likelihood