The Effect of Attitudes and Economic Activity on Marriage

Sassler, Sharon; Schoen, Robert

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“…In line with previous studies in the USA and Europe (e.g., Smock and Manning 1997;Sassler and Schoen 1999;Oppenheimer 2003;Blossfeld et al 2005), we find that men's employment is an important condition for the entry into marriage. Less familiar is our finding that marriage also protects men from becoming nonemployed, so that the relationship between employment and marriage is reciprocal.…”

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“…Empirical studies generally support the view that, for men, unemployment, low earnings, and career 'immaturity' lead to delays in marrying. Evidence of this effect has been found both in the USA and in Europe, although it is somewhat less consistent in Europe (Lichter et al 1992;Lloyd and South 1996;Oppenheimer et al 1997;Smock and Manning 1997;Bracher and Santow 1998;Kravdal 1999;Liefbroer and Corijn 1999;Sassler and Schoen 1999;Sweeney 2002;Oppenheimer 2003;Xie et al 2003;Sassler and Goldscheider 2004;Blossfeld et al 2005).…”

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Has the reciprocal relationship between employment and marriage changed for men? An analysis of the life histories of men born in the Netherlands between 1930 and 1970

Kalmijn

Luijkx

2005

Population Studies

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Has the reciprocal relationship between employment and marriage changed for men? An analysis of the life histories of men born in the Netherlands between 1930 and 1970

Kalmijn

Luijkx

2005

Population Studies

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“…Studies using either cross-sectional or longitudinal data have invariably observed a positive relationship between measures of men's economic prospects and marriage formation (e.g. Cooney and Hogan 1991;Goldscheider and Waite 1986;Goldstein and Kenney 2001;Lloyd and South 1996;MacDonald and Rindfuss 1981;Mare and Winship 1991;Oppenheimer, Kalmijn, and Lim 1997;Qian and Preston 1993;Sassler and Schoen 1999;Sweeney 2002;Teachman, Polonko, and Leigh 1987;Xie et al 2003). The uniformity in this finding confirms the traditional model of marriage in which the husband is considered the breadwinner and the wife the homemaker.…”

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confidence: 73%

Changes in the Determinants of Marriage Entry in Post-Reform Urban China

2015

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Using national survey data and measures of housing prices, we examine the effects of demographic and socioeconomic determinants of entry into marriage in urban China spanning the past six decades. Our study yields three significant findings. First, the importance of economic prospects has significantly increased during the economic reform era. Second, the positive effect of working in the state-owned sector has substantially weakened. Third, for the most recent period after the housing reform in urban China, the effects of education vary with local housing prices. Specifically, a higher level of education is associated with early entry into marriage when housing prices are relatively high but with late entry into marriage when housing prices are relatively low. Taken together, these results suggest that the determinants of marriage in China should be understood within a broader context of institutional changes.

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“…Married individuals are likely to have better subjective health status (Liu and Umberson 2008), lower mortality rates (Manzoli et al 2007), more feelings of happiness (Sassler and Schoen 1999;Soons, Liefbroer, and Kalmijn 2009), a fewer number of depressive symptoms (Jang et al 2009;Yan et al 2011), and a lower likelihood of suicidal ideation and attempts (Crump et al 2014). Research on the benefits of family coresidency in adulthood has heavily focused on the older population, as family is the main source of support in old age (Li 2013).…”

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confidence: 99%

The problem group? Psychological wellbeing of unmarried people living alone in the Republic of Korea

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2015

DemRes

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The Effect of Attitudes and Economic Activity on Marriage

Cited by 140 publications

References 28 publications

Has the reciprocal relationship between employment and marriage changed for men? An analysis of the life histories of men born in the Netherlands between 1930 and 1970

Has the reciprocal relationship between employment and marriage changed for men? An analysis of the life histories of men born in the Netherlands between 1930 and 1970

Changes in the Determinants of Marriage Entry in Post-Reform Urban China

The problem group? Psychological wellbeing of unmarried people living alone in the Republic of Korea

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