Community religious beliefs influence whether wives work outside home, study finds

Thursday, August 7, 2014 - 04:01 in Psychology & Sociology

Married women who live in communities in which a higher proportion of the population belongs to conservative religious traditions -- such as evangelical or Mormon -- are more likely to choose not to work outside the home, even if the women are not members of those faith groups, according to a study.

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