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Title: Work Life and Marital Dissolution
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Cherlin, Andrew J. |
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Work Life and Marital Dissolution In: Divorce and Separation: Context, Causes and Consequences. G. Levinger and O. Moles, eds. New York, NY: Basic Books, 1979 Cohort(s): Mature Women Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers Keyword(s): Divorce; Family Resources; Husbands, Income; Job Tenure; Marital Dissolution; Wives, Income; Work Attitudes; Work History Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Work lives affect family lives. A growing body of evidence suggests that whether and when we marry, how many children we have, and whether a marriage ends in divorce are all determined, in part, by employment and income. Two influences, aspects of a couple's economic situation, seem to have the most substantive importance in affecting marital dissolution. First, greater stability of the husband's employment decreased the probability of dissolution, independent of income levels. Second, wives whose potential wage compared favorably with the wage of their husbands had a greater probability of dissolution. The evidence suggests that the relationship between two married partners' work lives and their chances of divorcing or separating is more complex than earlier studies implied. |
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Cherlin, Andrew J. "Work Life and Marital Dissolution" In: Divorce and Separation: Context, Causes and Consequences. G. Levinger and O. Moles, eds. New York, NY: Basic Books, 1979
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