Racial and ethnic differentials in marriage are large and may contribute to maintaining inequalities. Previous research identifies economic factors, particularly low levels of employment stability and earnings, as important contributors to depressed marriage rates among blacks. Yet group differences in employment and earnings do not offer sufficient explanations for race and ethnic variation in...

The authors analyzed whether the effect of marriage on recidivism varied by spousal criminality. For this purpose, they used propensity score matching and full population data from Statistics Denmark on all unmarried and previously convicted men from birth cohorts 1965-1985 (N = 102,839). The results showed that marriage reduced recidivism compared to nonmarriage only when the spouse had no cri...

BACKGROUND Adolescent girls aged 15-19 bear a disproportionate burden of negative sexual and reproductive health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries. Research from several high-income countries suggests that early age at menarche is an important determinant of sexual and reproductive health. We conducted this systematic review to better understand whether and how early menarche is asso...

CONTEXT The relationship of national laws that prohibit child marriage with the prevalence of child marriage and adolescent birth is not well understood. METHODS Data from Demographic and Health Surveys and from the Child Marriage Database created by the MACHEquity program at McGill University were used to examine the relationship between laws that consistently set the age for marriage for gi...

High divorce rates in Muslim marriages continue to be a concern for Malay community leaders and policy makers Singapore. Since 1969, organisations here have offered marriage preparation courses reduce the incidence of divorce. Today, range such pre-marriage provided by Ministry Social Family Development, private educational groups that are involved counselling consultation. In this article, I e...

Prior research on marriage has tended to focus on cross-sectional differences between the married and unmarried, with little attention to selectivity, change over time, or the substantive implications of statistically different means. This paper addresses these issues and provides a perspective for thinking about the relative benefits of marriage. It examines how transitions into marriage and c...

The quality and implementation of climate change policies generally benefit from the involvement diverse stakeholders. In 2018, Ministry Environment Slovak Republic commissioned an elaboration National Action Plan (NAP) for Adaptation Strategy to Climate Change (NAS). A structured process, including a panel experts participation stakeholders, was designed establish evaluate policy options NAP. ...

will face significant challenges over the coming decades. Issues like the effects of climate change, the management of natural resources, and the constant battle to keep our food safe are altering the debate significantly. A broad vision will be needed to incorporate these different challenges into the Common Agricultural Policy and match them up with the most appropriate policies. with the sup...

 The purpose of this study is to identify spouse selection criteria among Islamic Azad university students in Malayer.The research was based on survey method and a questionnaire is used to collect data. The sample size was 365 participants who selected based on classified sampling. The data was analyzed using statistical analysis. Also sociological theories including theories of marriage used t...