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Changing Roles and Mental Health in Women

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Women, Work, and Health: Challenges to Corporate Policy

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Women participation in the labor force has increased substantially over the last thirty years. More than half of all women now work, and most work full-time. Further, more than half of all mothers work, and more divorced women work than women of other marital statuses.

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Duff, J.F. (1980). Changing Roles and Mental Health in Women. In: Walsh, D.C., Egdahl, R.H. (eds) Women, Work, and Health: Challenges to Corporate Policy. Industry and Health Care, vol 8. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8077-1_5

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