background and purpose: with regards to the importance of women’s beliefs in improving pregnancy outcomes, this study was performed to determine the perceived internal control on future pregnancy outcomes and its related factors in women who participated in pre‑marital counseling. materials and methods: in a cross‑sectional study, women’s perceived internal control was investigated. the study p...

background: the fertility experience in iran suggests that the family planning programs had an effective role in the fertility reduction. this study aimed to specify patterns of marriage in iran and especially in a northern city of iran and to investigate the association between patterns of marriage and contraceptive use before first pregnancy and current contraceptive use. methods: in this cro...

We use data from the first wave of the Health and Retirement Survey (HRS) to examine the marital histories of this cohort of women and men on the verge of retirement. The legacy of past increases in divorce rates is evident in the complex marital histories of HRS households and the relationship between those histories and current economic status. Couples in a first marriage now make up only one...

This paper analysis the dissolution of inter-caste marriages, nyerod ‘descended caste’ and their implications for Balinese women in perspective human rights. The focus this research is position triwangsa caste (those who are from Brahmana, Ksatriya, Wesya) whose marriages dissolved. method used was empirical legal using a statutory approach, conceptual an analytical sociological approach rights...

There is a dearth of research on the dissolution legally formalised same-sex relationships, which can be partly explained by marriage and civil partnership being relatively recent possibilities. However, it also case that divorce as topic has been marginalised in renewed interest family relationships focused diverse intimacies, forms, practices, friendships personal life. This article analyses ...