Sociology of Education 2005, Vol. 78 (April): 144–164 144 Social scientists who have studied the family and those who have studied educational stratification have produced convincing evidence that parental divorce is negatively associated with educational success. Compared to children who live with both parents until adulthood, children from divorced families have lower educational expectations...

"In this paper the author applies the framework of multiregional population analysis to marital status changes as revealed by longitudinal retrospective data on marital histories collected as part of the June 1975 [U.S.] Current Population Survey supplement. Four marital statuses are used: never married, presently married, divorced, and widowed. Marital status life tables are computed for th...

Recent trends in marriage, divorce and redivorce, and remarriage were gleaned from cohort data from the US Supplement to the Current Population Survey, 1990, on the frequency of women entering and exiting a verity of marital statuses. Marriage patterns are described also in terms of their interrelationship with educational attainment, fertility history, age, race and Hispanic origin, age at ma...

Objectives Today, one of the most important challenges in world and Iran is increase older population. With death a spouse old age, social participation elderly decreases; living alone associated with high risk an impact on all aspects health (physical, mental, social) elderly. This study aims to investigate barriers remarriage Iranian women. Methods & Materials The present was conducted 20...

Although economic opportunities for women are thought to influence marriage market outcomes today, they receive little attention in accounts of 19th century American marriage patterns. The principle behind this mechanism is simple: women may choose to substitute away from marriage as alternatives become more attractive. However, providing evidence for this behavior is challenging because choice...

The Dynamics of Marriage and Divorce We formulate and estimate a dynamic model of marriage, divorce, and remarriage using 27 years of panel data for the entire Danish cohort born in 1960. The marital surplus is identified from the probability of divorce, and the surplus shares of husbands and wives from their willingness to enter marriage. Education and marriage order are complements in generat...