Social integration and divorce

Alan Booth; John N. Edwards; David R. Johnson

doi:10.1093/sf/70.1.207

Social integration and divorce

Alan Booth, John N. Edwards, David R. Johnson

Sociology and Criminology

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Abstract

Using panel data from a national survey of married persons, the role of social integration in stabilizing marriage is explored. The analysis indicates that social integration does not appear to have a strong uniform negative effect on divorce, as others have proposed. Of the three forms of integration considered (communicative, functional, and normative), we find only two that relate to divorce in a substantive manner. Mechanisms by which integration might deter divorce are examined, and the implications of the findings for a theory of divorce are discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	207-224
Number of pages	18
Journal	Social Forces
Volume	70
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/70.1.207
State	Published - Sep 1991

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Sociology and Political Science

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