Analyzed long-term trends in divorce and remarriage, including the sharply upward trend in divorce rates by age from 1960 to 1980 and their subsequent slight decline. Remarriage rates by age are shown to have risen during the early 1960s and then to have fallen substantially through the 1970s and more slowly during the early 1980s. (Author/NB)

Reports on demographic changes regarding children of divorced parents between 1960-78. Shows how many children may be expected to be living with divorced parents in 1990. Also presents social and economic characteristics of divorced parents and projects demographic consequences of these patterns. (Author/GC)

Presents a demographic analysis of the paths to remarriage--the extent and timing of remarriage, social factors associated with remarriage, and the impact of the event which preceded remarriage (divorce or widowhood). (Author)

Documents the extent to which one-parent families tend to have social and economic characteristics that compare unfavorably with those of two-parent families. Lone fathers are shown to have a much more favorable profile than their female counterparts, but the latter show evidence of recent improvement. (Author/BL)

Hypothesizes that a relatively large proportion of family life specialists never marry and that, of those who do marry, a relatively large proportion disrupt their marriage by separation or divorce. Examines research that sheds light on this hypothesis. (Author)

The discussion includes analyses of the probable causative impact of several types of changes on the stability of marriage: socio-economic variables generally associated with divorce; overall social acceptability of divorce as reflected by lessened negative economic and social sanctions; and the roles of women. (Author/AM)

More current marriages are now remarriages. The father is more likely to have custody of the children after divorce if the mother has remarried. Remarriage after divorce varies positively with income level for men, and varies negatively with both education and income for women. (Author)

Studied separation, divorce, and the postponement of marriage which have nearly doubled the number of adults who keep up a home without a spouse since 1970. Assesses teenage marriages as particularly unstable. Discusses other variables including children's sex, mother's education level, custody, and remarriage. (Author/JAC)