[[alternative]]The Breadwinner Role of Employed Wives and its Affecting Factors

[[abstract]]The purpose of this paper is to research the breadwinner role of employed wives and its affecting factors. Role theory is used to examine employed wives' multiple orientations to breadwinner role in the changing society. The focus is on the breadwinner role behavior and the breadwinner role attitude of employed wives, the affecting factors of which are personal background, gender role attitude and family situation. Data are from a questionnaire survey of 374 employed wives. The statistical methods of this study are correlation, multiple stepwise regression and analysis of variance. Conclusions are that the breadwinner role attitude of employed wives falls in the median of traditional values and modern ones, that most employed wives observe the breadwinner role behavior, that "gender role attitude" and "social status" can predict the breadwinner role attitude of employed wives, and that "spouses' income" and "gender role attitude" can predict the breadwinner role of employed wives.