Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Women's Work and Family Decisions: The "Subtle Revolution" in Historical Perspective -- Changing Work and Family Patterns -- Cohorts and Social Change -- Alternative Paths in Adult Development -- 2 Explaining Women's Behavior: A Theoretical Overview -- The Structural Coercion Approach -- The Voluntarist Approach -- A Developmental Approach -- 3 Baselines -- Childhood Socialization -- Starting Points -- Ambivalence and Change -- 4 Veering Away from Domesticity -- Rising Work Aspirations and Family Ambivalence -- Conclusion -- 5 Veering Toward Domesticity -- Declining Work Aspirations and the Home as a Haven -- Comparing Domestic and Nondomestic Groups -- Stability and Change in Adulthood -- Conclusion -- 6 Homemaking Versus Childlessness -- The Persistence of Domestic Patterns -- Nondomestic Responses -- Choosing to Stay Childless -- 7 Combining Work and Motherhood -- Reluctant Motherhood -- Childlessness Versus Reluctant Motherhood -- Domestic Versus Nondomestic Responses -- 8 The Changing Contours of Women's Place -- Development, Choice, and Structured Alternatives -- The Limits of Socialization, Personality, and Dominance Models -- Work and Family Structures in Transition -- Conclusion -- 9 The Politics of Parenthood -- The Limits of Change and the Conflict Among Women -- Gender Equality, Social Policy, and the Role of the State -- Appendix A: Tables -- Appendix B: Methodology -- Appendix C: Sample Characteristics -- Appendix D: Interview Schedule -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.