We present two hardness results on the man-exchange stable marriage problem, one of which settles a recent conjecture of Irving on the complexity of determining whether a given instance of the stable marriage problem with short preference lists has a man-exchange stable matching. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

The timing of first union merits investigation not only because of the close temporal link between marriage and the onset of childbearing, but also because the age when men and women marry has implications for the organization of family life and for gender relations within society. This paper begins by reviewing the contributions of various social science disciplines to an understanding of the ...

Most research on stroke's impact on couples has focused on the transition to caregiving/receiving. Despite considerable evidence that marriage is the primary source of support in the face of chronic conditions, little is known about what happens to marriage in the context of care after stroke. To address this gap, we undertook a qualitative grounded-theory study of 18 couples in which one partn...

Couples in remarriages with stepchildren are a significant portion of the marriage population and have unique educational needs regarding aspects of couple functioning within the context of stepfamily development. From a review of the literature, we examine current curricula focused on these couples. Information is offered on implementation issues regarding recruitment, delivery context, facili...

The analytical framework proposed by Davis and Blake (1956) divides the process of reproduction into three elements: (i) exposure to the risk of pregnancy, (ii) the ability to conceive and (iii) successful gestation. This paper is concerned with the first element. Data from the 1973 National Demographic Survey of Tanzania (NDS) are used to investigate the role of marriage behavior in determinin...

NUPTIALITY plays a significant role in determining the level of fertility and growth rate in a population. The experience of several less developed countries where population growth rates have recently lowered has well demonstrated this effect. An upward shift in nuptiality behaviour has played a crucial role in affecting these changes. In societies where reproduction is primarily confined with...

This article identifies two competing paradigms of sexual ethics in the student handbooks and codes conduct at American residential colleges universities. Sexual misconduct is either defined exclusively terms consent violation or, regardless consent, as any sex outside male-female marriage—the latter found solely faith communities.Based on survey results, this examines faculty convictions relat...

A marriage contract is a temporary in accordance with an agreed between the bride and groom will end by itself if exhausted. Indonesia as country that upholds religious values norms of society certainly very critical determining validity marriage. Marriage contracts difficult to record. Because carried out addition not being recorded formal judicial regulated any regulation so it can be said re...

objective of this study was determining of the hamadanian young couples about family size, sex ratio and birth order of their asked children. the population of this study was the young men and women that were imminent of marriage, refereed to marriage offices as well as hygienic and therapeutic centres in hamadan city. this was a cross sectional descriptive study and has been done by using ques...