Factors Contributing to Increasing Marital Stability in the United States

By T. Heaton. 2002

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Subfields: Demography, Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science

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So Close, Yet So Far Away (2007, background): “For example, family scholars have found certain premarital behaviors such as permissive sexuality (Heaton, 2002; Kahn & London, 1991; Larson & Holman, 1994; Teachman, 2003) and nonmarital 226 Journal of Adolescent Research cohabitation (DeMaris & Rao, 1992; Dush, Cohan, & Amato, 2003; Kline et al.,…”
Continuity and Change in Marital Quality Between 1980 and 2000 (2003, background): “Despite a more supportive social climate, however, individuals in heterogamous marriages (based on age, race, religion, and education) report less marital happiness and divorce more often than do individuals in homogamous marriages (Booth & Edwards, 1992; Heaton, 2002).”
Socioeconomic Status, Family Processes, and Individual Development (2010, background): “For example, research reports during the past 10 years have shown that higher levels of educational attainment are associated with greater marital stability (e.g., Heaton, 2002; Martin, 2006; Orbuch, Veroff, Hassan, & Horrocks, 2002).”
Who holds the purse strings within the household? The determinants of intra-family decision making (2014, background): “For China, Li and Wu (2010) propose a measure of women’s relative power based on the gender of the first-born, with sons being associated with more power than daughters.”
How Education Enhances Happiness: Comparison of Mediating Factors in Four East Asian Countries (2012, background): “8 It is often reported that individuals with more education are less likely to divorce (Heaton 2002) and there is a trend of increasing educational differentials in marital dissolution (Hoem 1997; Martin 2006; Raymo et al.”
THE CONSEQUENCES OF DIVORCE FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN: AN UPDATE (2014, background): “The rise in age at first marriage since the 1980s appears to be an important factor in accounting for this decline (Heaton, 2002), because people who marry at older ages have a lower risk of divorce.”
Marital Intentions and the Stability of First Cohabitations (2009, background): “Black men are much more likely to be involved in heterogamous unions than Black women (Jacobs & Labov, 2002), and heterogamous relationships are at a high risk of dissolution (Heaton, 2002).”
Ready or Not? (2009, neutral): “Research shows that the association between age at marriage and marital outcomes levels out by the early 20s (Heaton, 2003).”
“But Will It Last?”: Marital Instability Among Interracial and Same‐Race Couples* (2008, methodology): “…a large degree of scholarly interest (Joyner & Kao, 2005; Lee & Bean, 2004; Qian, 1997), only a few studies have explored whether these relationships are more vulnerable to divorce (Felmlee, Sprecher, & Bassin, 1990; Heaton, 2002; Kreider, 2000; Monahan, 1970; Price-Bonham & Balswick, 1980).”
Rebinding the ties that bind: Government efforts to preserve and promote marriage (2004, background): “Demographers estimate the probability of divorce in the lifetime of a couple marrying today at somewhere between 40% and 60%, with considerable variation by individual characteristics, such as parental divorce or religiosity (Ambert, 1998; Goldstein, 1999; Heaton, 2002 ).”
Divorce in Europe and the United States: Commonalities and differences across nations (2010, background): “first marriage since the 1980s appears to be the most important factor responsible for this decrease (Heaton, 2002).”
Sanctification, Stress, and Marital Quality (2011, background): “This focus on the links between religion and marriage has been driven by several factors, including (a) the continuing vitality of religious institutions, practices, and beliefs in the lives of many Americans (Sherkat & Ellison, 1999); (b) widespread concern among scholars, policymakers, and the gen”