Women’s labor-force entry may have had multiplier effects on civic disengagement

Evidence

These individual correlations between work status and engagement disregard synergistic effects of women entering the labor force—if, for example, the fact that some women took a job also cut club-going among those who stayed home. — Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival…, 2152

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: Different civic activities declined through different generational and society-wide mechanisms — Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone The Collapse and Revival…, 915

Broader Connections