Money and MarriageThis book examines the patterns of money management within marriage, examining the effect of double income and "pooling couples", control of finances and housekeeping. The author has also written "Managers and their Wives", "A Refuge for Battered Women" and "Private Violence and Public Policy". |
Contents
The legal framework | 11 |
The historical evidence | 27 |
Background to the study | 46 |
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allocation of money allowance system amount spent analysis answers asked breadwinner Britain budget chapter child benefit common law contributed control of finances control of money controlled the money decision-making described earner earnings economic employment expenditure family finances financial arrangements household income housekeeping allowance housekeeping money housekeeping ratio husband and wife husband's income husbands and wives ideology income on housekeeping independent management individual inequality joint account joint building joint interview Katharine Whitehorn leisure main bills manages the money marriage married couples married women ment money management organised their finances organised their money overall control paid partner payments personal spending money questions reflect regression analysis relationship responsibility sample separate interviews shared management showed social class social security spent on housekeeping system of money Table tax allowance total income Total number typically typology weekly whole wage system Wife control wife management Wife-controlled pooling wife's income