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1.	Fu, Haishan
1.	Health-Related Behavior and Marriage Selection: New Perspectives on an Old Question Ph.D. Dissertation, Princeton University, January 1995 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Behavior; Drug Use; Event History; Family Characteristics; Gender Differences; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Marital Disruption; Marriage; Modeling; Obesity; Physical Characteristics; Socioeconomic Factors In this analysis, we focus on marriage selection on the basis of health as a logical starting point to identify the relative importance of marriage selection and marriage protection. Our goal is two-fold: first, we extend the conventional argument to recognize that marriage selection may operate on the basis of more broadly defined health-related characteristics and behaviors. rather than simply on severe physical and mental handicaps; and second, we broaden the existing marriage choice model by taking into account health components as either direct selection criteria or as mediating factors through which individual and family socioeconomic characteristics affect marriage behaviors. We address these two issues by examining the effects of health-related characteristics and behaviors on first marriage rates among young American adults based on data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979-1991. Using event history analysis, we investigate the overall association between each of the health-related variables and marriage rates, and the effects of these health-related variables net of the influence of other health variables and of various socioeconomic factors. We also examine possible gender differentials and age effects of health-related characteristics and behaviors on marriage rates. The findings suggest that first marriage is selective on the basis of health among young adults. Specifically, marriage selection results in lower marriage rates for (1) persons with certain physical characteristics, namely obesity and short stature: and (2) for persons with unhealthy behaviors, such as heavy alcohol consumption and use of hard drugs. In contrast, the association between the presence of health limitations and first marriage rates is modest and statistically insignificant.
	Bibliography Citation Fu, Haishan. Health-Related Behavior and Marriage Selection: New Perspectives on an Old Question. Ph.D. Dissertation, Princeton University, January 1995.

2.	Fu, Haishan Goldman, Noreen
2.	Are Healthier People More Likely to Marry? An Event History Analysis Based on NLSY Presented: Miami, FL, Population Association of America Meetings, May 1994 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Event History; Health Factors; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Marriage Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This paper investigates the possible selection of men and women into first marriage based on their health status and health-related behaviors. It incorporates the economic, sociological, and sociopsychological perspectives on the marriage selection process, while adding another dimension to the existing literature by recognizing the potential importance of both the direct and mediating effects of health characteristics. Relying on individual- level prospective information from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, this analysis focuses on the timing of first marriage among non-Hispanic white males and females in the sample. The proposed hypotheses relating health status and health-related behaviors to the likelihood of first marriage at each age are tested by using statistical models associated with event history analysis.
	Bibliography Citation Fu, Haishan and Noreen Goldman. "Are Healthier People More Likely to Marry? An Event History Analysis Based on NLSY." Presented: Miami, FL, Population Association of America Meetings, May 1994.

3.	Fu, Haishan Goldman, Noreen
3.	The Association Between Health-Related Behaviours and the Risk of Divorce in the USA Journal of Biosocial Science 32,1 (January 2000): 63-88. Also: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9921&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S0021932000000638 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Keyword(s): Cigarette Use (see Smoking); Divorce; Drug Use; Health Factors; Height; Marital Dissolution; Marriage; Obesity; Physical Characteristics; Sociability/Socialization/Social Interaction Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1979-1993, are drawn on to investigate the link between health-related variables and risks of divorce. Findings indicate that physical characteristics associated with poor health - namely, obesity and short stature - are not significantly related to risks of marital dissolution for either men or women. On the other hand, risk-taking behaviors - eg, smoking and drug use - are strongly related to higher risks of divorce for both sexes. Overall, results emphasize the need to accommodate health-related variables in the dominant economic and social psychological theories of marital dissolution.
	Bibliography Citation Fu, Haishan and Noreen Goldman. "The Association Between Health-Related Behaviours and the Risk of Divorce in the USA." Journal of Biosocial Science 32,1 (January 2000): 63-88.

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