Taylor, Rex; Morrice, Ken; Clark, David; McCann, Kathryn - In: Social Science & Medicine 20 (1985) 9, pp. 877-885
This paper examines the psycho-social effects on wives of their husbands' intermittent absence on off-shore oil rigs. It is based on data gathered from a random sample of wives living in Aberdeen area, and it proceeds in three stages. The analysis begins with a comparison between wives whose...