Wives' Employment and Husbands' Distress: A Meta-Analysis and a Replication

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Abstract
Using meta-analysis techniques, this study combines the results of 5 earlier studies in order to draw conclusions about the relationship between wives'' employment and husbands'' psychological well-being. Although the combined effect-size estimates yielded a positive coefficient, the nonsignificance of this coefficient indicates that there is no direct relationship between wives'' employment and husbands'' well-being. These findings are replicated in the analysis of national survey data. This replication suggests that the negative psychological consequences of wives'' employment may be mediated by other variables like family income and percentage of income contributed by the husband.

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