In a longitudinal study of 51 male college graduates, the level of their wives' careers in 1974 is predicted negatively by power motivation (measured in 1960) and by their being business executives and is predicted positively by social status of family of origin and affiliation motivation. Consequences of wife's career level are presented, and alternative interpretations of the results in terms of choice of marital partner or encouragement/discouragement after marriage are discussed.