Analyzed marital satisfaction of wives from the perspective of integrating the combined effects of preschool children, employment, social class, and marital social desirability. Rather than indicating a mild problem for all wives, the family life-cycle data actually reflected a very severe source of distress for a small group of wives. (Author/ABL)

Examined relationship between childbearing and dissolution of second marriage among 713 white women. Women who gave birth in second marriage had significantly reduced probability of dissolution. Childbearing prior to remarriage was associated with increased risk of dissolution in first five years of remarriage. Other results suggest bringing…

Considered role of cohabitation in legitimation of premarital conceptions using data from 920 women. Found that, for white women in their twenties, pregnant cohabiting women were more likely to legitimate their first birth. Among black women and teenage white women, pregnant cohabiting women were no more likely to marry before their child was born…

Examined meaning of informal unions among mainland Puerto Rican women. Compared characteristics of women in informal unions to those of single and married women; assessed whether Puerto Rican women defined their informal unions as nonmarital cohabitation or form of marriage; and examined predictors of women's definitions of informal unions. Found…

Used data from 1987 National Medical Expenditure Survey to examine extent to which economic assets gained through marriage explain inverse relationship between marriage and poor health for women. Married women rated their health higher than did divorced, separated, widowed, and never married women. Findings indicated that much though not all of…

Examined influence of migration on sexual behavior. Data from national probability sample of single females, ages 15-19 (n=1,287) revealed that moving was positively related to premarital sex. Migration may lower control through such mechanisms as weakening community bonds, decreasing supply and demand of parental supervision, and increasing…

Examined extent to which timing of first marriage differed for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan young women. Individual-level data from National Longitudinal Survey of Youth were matched to local marriage market conditions to estimate discrete time hazard models of transitions to first marriage. Found that young nonmetropolitan women married at…

Examined contraceptive use by never married, sexually experienced female adolescents (N=224). Found birth control pills to be the single most popular method of contraception. Subjects who reported regularly attending religious services were less likely to have used an effective, medical method of contraception than those who rarely attended…

Studied marital satisfaction in 106 women, evaluating satisfaction both early and late in their pregnancy. Found that coping resource and pregnancy decision-making were related to marital satisfaction at both stages. Marital satisfaction remained consistent, both for individuals and for group. Marital satisfaction late in pregnancy was related to…

Examined interrelationships between religion, religiosity, and religious education in determining the pacing of second births. Tested hypotheses using data from the 1973 National Survey of Family Growth. Results indicated that religiosity was more important in determining pacing of second births among Catholics and women who received sectarian…

This paper summarizes the responses of 256 women to a questionnaire which focused on their recent experiences in the process of moving with their families. Typically they are happy with the new community and with the personality changes which have occured as a result of their moving experiences. (Author)

Intensive study over four years of one class in the women's college of a private coeducational university yields varied types of adult aspirations. Most striking is the large number of women whose adult aspirations remain unaffected by the college years. (Author)

Estimates the effects of welfare on marital dissolution and remarriage. Data from females indicated that those who received AFDC, food stamps, or other public assistance dissolved their marriages more frequently than those not receiving welfare. The relationship between welfare and marital dissolution decreased somewhat as duration of marriage…

Used data from United States 1979 National Health Interview Survey to examine effects of living arrangements on health of women in different marital statuses. Found that living with proximate adult was related to fewer acute conditions and to lower frequency of illness behavior. Findings suggest that social statuses and arrangements affect illness…

Data regarding consensus and mental health were collected from 252 women, their husbands, and an adolescent child in 3-generation households. Suggests consensus is best represented by six separate constructs and mental health by three separate constructs. Mental health of individual family members was differentially predicted by indicators of…