OBJECTIVE This study examined predictors of relationship stability over 5 years among heterosexual cohabiting and married African American couples raising an elementary-school-age child. The vulnerability-stress-adaptation model of relationships (Karney & Bradbury, 1995) guided the investigation. Contextual variables were conceptualized as important determinants of education and income, which i...

Woman abuse varies across intimate relationship categories (e.g., marriage, divorce, separation). However, it is unclear whether relationship status variations in violence against women differ across urban, suburban, and rural areas. We test the hypothesis that rural females, regardless of their intimate partner relationship status, are at higher risk of intimate violence than their urban and s...

This article uses longitudinal data from the Panel Study o f lncome Dynamics to explore how changes in marital status affect the economic status o f married women in their middle years. Results demonstrate that when a marriage ends, the economic status o f women declines considerably. Components o f income change are discussed, with emphasis on the extent to which women can compensate for the l...

We study the problem of marriage formation and marital distribution in a two-period model of matching, extending the matching with bargaining framework of Crawford and Rochford (1986). We run simulations to find the effects of alimony rate and legal cost of divorce parameters on the payoffs and marital status in the society.

Age and sex are biological terms that are socioculturally constructed for marriage and marital sexual behavior in every society. Marriage is a universal norm that makes legitimate sexual behavior between a man and a woman in marital life cycle to gain bio-social purposes. Cross-cultural studies reveal that marital sexual frequency as a part of marital sexual behavior not only varies within the ...

Differences in mortality according to marital status and sex in early-age death among U.S. professionals are examined. "A reversal of the sex differential in mortality appears in the 1968-72 death rates of white Wisconsin professionals.... Substantially more professional women were not married, and this differential in the distribution of marital status accounted for 37.8 per cent of the women...