Married to the military : : the employment and earnings of military wives compared with those of civilian wives / / James Hosek ... [et al.].

• Author: United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense.
• TeilnehmendeR: Hosek, James R.; United States. Department of Defense.; National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (155 p.)
• Notes: "National Defense Research Institute."; "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."; "MR-1565."

Today's military is a military of families; many service members are married, and many of their spouses work and contribute to family income. But military wives earn less than civilian wives, and this study seeks to understand why. The authors find that military wives, knowing they are likely t...