TY - JOUR
T1 - Divorce and Marital Instability over the Life Course
AU - Booth, Alan
AU - Johnson, David R.
AU - White, Lynn K.
AU - Edwards, John N.
PY - 1986/12
Y1 - 1986/12
N2 - This study uses a national sample of married persons under age 55, interviewed in 1980 and again in 1983, to estimate why divorce and marital instability vary by age and duration of marriage. Results indicate that the accumulation of assets substantially reduces the propensity to divorce. We also find that several important correlates of divorce and instability (age at marriage, health, social integration, and income) interact with age and duration. In general, these factors seem to operate almost exclusively among young people and young marriages.
AB - This study uses a national sample of married persons under age 55, interviewed in 1980 and again in 1983, to estimate why divorce and marital instability vary by age and duration of marriage. Results indicate that the accumulation of assets substantially reduces the propensity to divorce. We also find that several important correlates of divorce and instability (age at marriage, health, social integration, and income) interact with age and duration. In general, these factors seem to operate almost exclusively among young people and young marriages.
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U2 - 10.1177/019251386007004006
DO - 10.1177/019251386007004006
M3 - Article
C2 - 12280520
AN - SCOPUS:0022837686
SN - 0192-513X
VL - 7
SP - 421
EP - 442
JO - Journal of Family Issues
JF - Journal of Family Issues
IS - 4
ER -