The main objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between family values and marital tendency among female high school students in Qaemshahr city. To answer the main research question, five hypotheses with independent variables (rituals and traditions, spouse selection criteria, decision making system, intergenerational gap and also accountability) together with dependent varia...

This paper discusses the interest in and politics surrounding government's using welfare reform legislation to carve out a stronger role in promoting marriage. It examines trends in family formation, their impact on society, and the effect of single parenting, divorce, and step-parenting on child well-being. The paper also looks at the treatment of marriage in current government programs, new s...

The present paper investigates the causal links between income, education, age at marriage and work hours with fertility in the city of Bhubaneswar. Data for the present study was collected through personal interviews from two samples of 70 working women each. The analysis revealed that fertility of working women was explained by own income, family income, education of the respondents, hours of...

This paper examines how marital and fertility patterns have changed along racial and educational lines for men and women. Historically, women with more education have been the least likely to marry and have children, but this marriage gap has eroded as the returns to marriage have changed. Marriage and remarriage rates have risen for women with a college degree relative to women with fewer year...

lack of intimacy and emotional disconnection became a main challenge in contemporary family that can be interpreted and perceived differently from variant viewpoints. the current study aimed to explore the context and women’s way of dealing by emotional separation through investigation of perception and subjective meaning of women involved in this process. research was done in qualitative appro...