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Dual-Income Couples/Dual-Earner Families

By: Sarah Jane Blithe
In: The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia
Edited by: Marilyn J. Coleman & Lawrence H. Ganong
Subject:American Studies, Family Studies (general)
Keywords:child care; dual-income families; family income; housework; income; mothering as work; stay-at-home mothers

Dual-income families are those in which both parents are employed and share breadwinning [Page 393]responsibilities. Since the 1970s, when women began entering the workforce in increasing numbers, dual-income couples and families have changed family life in ...

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  Blithe, S. (2014). Dual-income couples/dual-earner families. In M. J. Coleman, & L. H. Ganong (Eds.), The social history of the American family: An encyclopedia (Vol. 1, pp. 393-395). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452286143.n174
  
  Blithe, Sarah Jane. "Dual-Income Couples/Dual-Earner Families." In The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia, edited by Coleman, Marilyn J., and Lawrence H. Ganong, 393-95. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452286143.n174.
  
  Blithe, S. 2014. Dual-Income Couples/Dual-Earner Families. In: Marilyn J. Coleman and Lawrence H. Ganong Editors, 2014. The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 393-395 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452286143.n174> [Accessed 21 Jun 2021].
  
  Blithe, Sarah Jane. "Dual-Income Couples/Dual-Earner Families." The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia. Edited by Marilyn J. Coleman and Lawrence H. Ganong. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2014, pp. 393-95. SAGE Knowledge. 21 Jun 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452286143.n174.
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