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...decision many make not once but a number of times as their families and job stresses change. More than half of married mothers with children under 18 do not work full time, and nearly half of those do not work at all, according to Linda J. Waite and Mark Nielsen of the Sloan Working Families Center at the University of Chicago. In addition, preliminary data suggest that the number of stay-at-home mothers in certain demographic groups may be increasing. More mothers ages 36 to 40--a period that may include the birth of a second child--are opting...
Even families that remain intact feel the financial pinch when one parent cuts back or quits work. Single-earner families with kids have lower needs-adjusted incomes than dual-earner families--almost $7,000 a year lower in 1997-- according to Waite and Nielsen. Proponents of at-home mothering insist, however, that staying home is more affordable than it may appear, since a second wage earner's job is accompanied by costs such as child care, transportation, restaurant meals, work clothes, cleaning bills and a higher income- tax bracket. Sheila Grillo, 34, a former sales rep who stays home with...
Never let it be said that broadcasting folk can't do math. The beleaguered NBC, facing embarrassing ratings for its Olympics coverage, came up with an ingenious solution: Don't count the times when no one's watching. The network instructed Nielsen to omit from its ratings calculations the first half-hour of its prime- time broadcast (from...
...vaunted position she holds. "Growing up in rural Idaho, I had to keep up--and put up--with my brother and all his friends. I got tough physically and mentally, and it's one reason why I'm so aggressive and competitive." It was also her male coach, Dave Nielsen, who first suggested she try the pole vault. "I admit the women aren't anywhere near the men in height [the men's record is 20 ft. 1 3/4 in.]," says Dragila, "but I've got the words World Record next to my name, and that's something all athletes...
...July 3], man will be able to lengthen his life-span by eradicating many of the existing causes of disease and death. And this breakthrough raises the ethical question of how to care for those nonproductive individuals who will eventually overwhelm Social Security and private retirement plans. ERLAND R. NIELSEN Pahrump...