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Cavanagh, Shannon E. – Social Forces, 2011
This study examined whether the transition into adolescence, proxied by pubertal timing, shaped the transition into adulthood, proxied by union formation behaviors, among contemporary American women. In a sample drawn from Add Health (n = 7,523), early maturing girls reported an accelerated transition to marriage and cohabitation in young…
Descriptors: Females, Marriage, Adolescents, Developmental Stages
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Umberson, Debra; Williams, Kristi; Powers, Daniel A.; Chen, Meichu D.; Campbell, Anna M. – Social Forces, 2005
Marital relationships, like individuals, follow a developmental trajectory over time with ups and downs and gains and losses. We work from a life course perspective and use growth curve analysis to look at trajectories of change in marital quality over time. Although the tendency is for marital quality to decline over time, some groups begin with…
Descriptors: Marital Satisfaction, Interviews, Marriage, Longitudinal Studies
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Singley, Susan G.; Landale, Nancy S. – Social Forces, 1998
Life history data from both origin and destination areas were used to examine the relationship between migration and fertility among Puerto Rican women. Migration to the U.S. mainland had opposite effects on childbearing for single versus married or cohabiting women. For all migrants, migration played an integral part in the family formation…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Age Differences, Birth, Birth Rate
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Hopcroft, Rosemary L.; Bradley, Dana Burr – Social Forces, 2007
The sex difference in depression is well documented in westernized, developed societies, although there has been little quantitative cross-cultural research on the topic. In this study, we use multilevel logit models to examine sex differences in depression across 29 countries using data from the World Values Survey. We find that in no country are…
Descriptors: Sex Fairness, Depression (Psychology), Gender Differences, Psychological Patterns
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Glick, Jennifer E.; Ruf, Stacey D.; White, Michael J.; Goldscheider, Frances K. – Social Forces, 2006
This paper examines how school engagement influences the timing of family formation for youth. We pay particular attention to variation across four racial/ethnic groups and by generation status, variation that reflects the diversification of U.S. society through immigration. Using data from the National Education Longitudinal Study (NELS), we…
Descriptors: Late Adolescents, Racial Differences, Marriage, Enrollment Influences