Workplace: Women indicate satisfaction with role of breadwinner
AuthorAffiliation Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal</br></br>The survey by the nonprofit New York research and advisory concern also debunks assertions that a growing number of women yearn to return to home and hearth. Rather, 48% of women surveyed say they would choose to work even if they already had enough money to live as comfortably as they would like, unchanged from a 1981 survey. By comparison, 61% of men would choose employment under the same circumstances. In a sign that employment affects self-esteem, women who work full time are more likely to feel valued at home, the study shows.</br></br>The survey of 1,502 women and 460 men funded by the Whirlpool Foundation, a nonprofit philanthropic concern in Benton Harbor, Mich., is an unusually ambitious attempt to probe women's values and goals. Among its findings:</br></br>-- Younger women are even more committed to keeping their responsibilities than older ones; about 60% of women aged 18 through 34 say they don't want to give up any duties, compared with 56% of women aged 35 to 44 and 48% of women aged 45 to 55.</br></br>-- Women see their daughters as even more deeply committed to multiple roles, with 89% saying most young girls expect to have both a family and a career or job.