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 answers asked breadwinner Britain cent chapter child benefit common law community property contribution control of finances control of money controlled finances controlled the money Countess of Leicester decision-making described earner earnings economic employment expenditure family finances financial arrangements household finances household income housekeeping allowance housekeeping money housekeeping ratio husband and wife husband control husband's income ideology income levels independent management individual inequality joint account joint interview Katharine Whitehorn leisure living male manages the money marriage married couples married women ment money management organised their finances organised their money paid partner payments personal spending money questions reflect regression analysis relationship responsibility secondary poverty shared management social class social security spent on housekeeping spouse system of money Table tax allowance total income Total number typically typology weekly whole wage system Wife control wife management wife's income wives woman