514 men and 891 women college students provided information concerning behaviors both they and their partners used within the prior six months to resolve conflicts in their relationships. Multivariate analyses assessed whether experiencing the divorce of one's parents would be associated with respondents' report of their own or their partners' conflict behaviors. Students from divorced families...

To understand the agency of Chinese marriage migrant women in Switzerland their everyday life, present article examines reasons why marry European men and post-migratory life Switzerland. Based on interviews with women, discusses gendered representations before migration (as “leftover women” or “divorced women”) to being “foreign wives” after Their from China also resulted a change roles “profe...

BACKGROUND Several studies have indicated a significant association between marital status and mortality risks. However, most of these studies have compared married and unmarried people without differentiating among single, divorced and widowed status. Moreover, gender differences in mortality rates associated with marital status have not been sufficiently clarified. With significant increases ...

Using data from a nationally representative sample of 3224 ever-married women interviewed as part of Nepal Demographic Health Survey—2011, this paper examined the prevalence and correlates of violence against women in Nepal. Results showed that one out of every two ever-married women aged 15 49 of the country experienced violence of any kind in their life. Odds of experiencing violence are high...

Pakistan is a patriarchal and collectivist society where marriage divorce are not in isolation. In fact, the structure of informal social networks regulate norms provide sanctions resources case following or deviating them within family institution. Coming out from appreciated status being married, woman when divorced face plethora problems. The current study investigates explores post-divorce ...

The chance of dying within any given year probably depends not only on marital status in that year but also on earlier partnership history. There is still not much knowledge about such effects, however. Our intention is to see how mortality is associated with time since divorce, bereavement and remarriage and time between marital disruption and remarriage. We use register data that include the ...