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This study is concerned with the economic well-being of Hispanic divorced men and women. A cross-sectional data set of GSS Hispanic respondents for 1972-'94 is used. Family incomes of divorced women and men are compared with their married counterparts for five SES categories. For females, incomes of divorced persons were lower than incomes of married persons; for males no significant difference appeared. Family incomes were regressed against a set of four control variables and a marital status variable. The marital status variable was statistically significant for three of the five SES categories for females. This was not true for males. Policy and clinical implications are considered.

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This study analyzes Weitzman's suggestion that men and women lose economic well-being in the first year after divorce. Family incomes of divorced women and men are compared with their married counterparts for five SES categories. Using t-tests, it was found that, for most categories, for both genders, incomes of divorced persons were lower than incomes of married persons. Family incomes were regressed against a set of four control variables and a marital status variable. The marital status variable was statistically significant for four of the five SES categories for females. This was not true for males. Policy implications are considered. [Article copies available for a fie fmm i'i'te Haworth Docurnent Delive~y Sentice: 1-800-342-9678. E-mail addr~ss: getinJo@haworth.com]It is generally accepted that divorce demands psychological, social, and economic adjustments, among many. At the personal adjustment level, a number of studies indicate that divorce appears to be related to lower psychological well-being for those involved (Tcheng-Laroche and Prince, 1983). This tends to hold whether reference is made to relatively mild levels of anxiety (Wallerstein and Blakeslee, 1990);