Emancipatiewaarden en de levensloop van jong-volwassen vrouwen. Een panelanalyse van wederzijdse invloeden

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Explores the relationship between attitudes toward women's emancipation and life-cycle behavior of young women, and specifically how attitudes toward emancipation affect decisions regarding relationships, children, work, and schooling. Also examined are changes in attitudes toward emancipation over the life course. Panel data from young women are used to investigate the effects of attitudes in 1987 on behavior in the period 1987-1995 and as well as the effects of behavior in the 1987-1995 period on attitudes in 1995, controlling for attitudes in 1987. As expected, it was found that women who have progressive attitudes toward emancipation are less likely to marry than more traditional women. Moreover, women with progressive emancipation attitudes are observed to postpone parenthood and more often experience a divorce. It is also observed that women with progressive attitudes work more often and achieve a higher level of education than traditional women. Finally, it is found that emancipation attitudes are not stable during young adulthood. Later emancipation attitudes are found to be more traditional among those who had experienced marriage and childbirth, while labor market experience and schooling are found to lead to more progressive attitudes. 5 Tables, 1 Figure, 28 References. Adapted from the source document.