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Dew, Jeffrey; Yorgason, Jeremy – Journal of Family Issues, 2010
Tests of the relationship between economic difficulties and marital distress have generally excluded retirement-aged couples. Given the aging U.S. population and the upcoming retirement of the baby boom cohort, this research gap is problematic. To rectify this omission, this study uses longitudinal data from the National Survey of Families and…
Descriptors: Retirement, Baby Boomers, Older Adults, Marital Satisfaction
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Koropeckyj-Cox, Tanya; Pienta, Amy Mehraban; Brown, Tyson H. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2007
We explore women's psychological well-being in late midlife in relation to childlessness and timing of entry into motherhood. Using two U.S. surveys, Health and Retirement Study (HRS) (1992) and National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH) (Sweet, Bumpass, & Call, 1988), we assess the well-being of childless women in their 50s compared to…
Descriptors: Psychology, Marriage, Childlessness, Socioeconomic Status