The study reported here investigated the impact of family configura
tion on women clerical workers'ability to cope with multiple roles and
on their need for workplace services. The women with children had
more problems coping with their work and family lives than did the
childless women, but there were few differences between the single and
married mothers' ability to cope and need for services or in the need
for services expressed by women in all family configurations.
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