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Relative Deprivation, Equity/Inequity, and Psychological Well-Being

Men and Women in One- and Two-Job Families

Iowa State University

ROBERT B. SCHAFER

Iowa State University

The research reported here compared the extent to which relative deprivation, based on general social comparisons and perceptions of equity/inequity derived from specific comparisons in an intimate relationship, influenced the psychological well-being of men and women in one- and two-job families. Data were analyzed from interviews with 130 couples in one-job families and 135 families in two-job families. Beyond the discomfort and unfair treatment accompanying them, both relative deprivation and inequity were associated with depression when they were considered in the same model.

Journal of Family Issues, Vol. 8, No. 2, 199-211 (1987)
DOI: 10.1177/019251387008002003


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