Third shift women in business-owning families

Using data from the 1997 National Family Business Survey (NFBS), this study identifies factors associated with married women's employment involvement in business-owning families. While focusing on married women in a third shift situation - working for the family business, for the marketplace, and for managing the household - this study compares business and family characteristics by women's employment status. The results of multinomial logit regression analysis indicated that family cash flow problems, presence of children age under 6, age of women, business assets, age of business, home-based family business, establishment of business, and industry type were significant predictors of women's employment decision. The results of the study have further implications for women in a third shift situation among business-owning families. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]