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Author: Steidl, Ellyn
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Raley, Kelly McClendon, David Steidl, Ellyn |
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Credits and Credentials: An In-Depth Analysis of the Association between Educational Attainment and the Risk of Divorce Presented: San Diego CA, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, April-May 2015 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): College Enrollment; Divorce; Educational Attainment; Marital Stability Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This study uses detailed transcript and self-report data on postsecondary experiences from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 Cohort (NLYS97) to investigate the association between educational attainment and marital stability for men and women. Our preliminary results indicate that incremental educational progress is associated with greater marital stability for women, even when it does not result in a degree. This provides more support for a learning than a credentialism argument. Moreover, years enrolled is not associated with reduced risk of divorce, but credits earned is. This supports the idea that something about what is learned in the classroom might contribute to marital stability, either directly or indirectly through labor force outcomes or spousal characteristics. We conclude with a discussion of future plans. |
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Raley, Kelly, David McClendon and Ellyn Steidl. "Credits and Credentials: An In-Depth Analysis of the Association between Educational Attainment and the Risk of Divorce." Presented: San Diego CA, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, April-May 2015. |
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Steidl, Ellyn Raley, Kelly |
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Marital Quality and Educational Differences in Divorce Presented: Washington DC, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, March-April 2016 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): College Graduates; Divorce; Marital Satisfaction/Quality; Marital Stability; Relationship Conflict Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Over the past 30 years, the risk of divorce has increasingly diverged according to educational attainment. The purpose of this article is to understand why higher education is protective of marital stability. Two common theories--economic gains and non-cognitive skills--implicitly suggest that college graduates enjoy more stable marriages because of better marital quality. While the mechanism of marital quality is theoretically plausible, it has not been formally tested. Using the NLSY97 and Post-Secondary Transcript Study, we employ survival analysis to study whether closeness, conflict, and commitment explain educational differences in divorce. We find evidence that relationship characteristics do mediate some of the association between having a bachelor's degree and a lower divorce risk. Findings also suggest that certain relationship characteristics may be more important than others for marital stability. Our results support the idea that closeness has a stronger influence than either conflict or commitment in reducing the risk of divorce. |
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Bibliography Citation
Steidl, Ellyn and Kelly Raley. "Marital Quality and Educational Differences in Divorce." Presented: Washington DC, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, March-April 2016. |