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Noel-Miller, Claire – Gerontologist, 2010
Purpose of the Study: This study contrasts 2-year adjustments in disabled husbands' and wives' amount of received care following both worsening and recovery in personal (activities of daily living [ADLs]) and routine care (instrumental activities of daily living [IADLs]) disability. Design and Methods: Using longitudinal data on 789 husbands and…
Descriptors: Spouses, Gender Differences, Longitudinal Studies, Disabilities
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Yu, Tianyi; Pettit, Gregory S.; Lansford, Jennifer E.; Dodge, Kenneth A.; Bates, John E. – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2010
This study examines main effect and interactive models of the relations between marital conflict, divorce, and parent-adult child relationships and gender differences in these relations. Data were drawn from a longitudinal study of a community sample (N = 585). Parental marital conflict and divorce were measured from age 5 through age 17 years.…
Descriptors: Divorce, Mothers, Conflict, Parent Child Relationship
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Quek, Karen Mui-Teng; Knudson-Martin, Carmen; Rue, Deborah; Alabiso, Claudia – Journal of Family Issues, 2010
Social harmony is a valued relational rule in collectivism. Using data from in-depth interviews with 20 Chinese American couples, the authors study how husbands and wives interpret and negotiate marital harmony within a multicultural context and how gender relates to this process. Although all participants appear to seek harmony, the result…
Descriptors: Power Structure, Chinese Americans, Sex Fairness, Models
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Gallie, Duncan; Russell, Helen – Social Indicators Research, 2009
This article explores the influence of working conditions on work-family conflict (WFC) among married/cohabiting employees across seven European countries. Using data from the European Social Survey, the paper first investigates the role of working conditions relative to household level characteristics in mediating work-family conflict at the…
Descriptors: Working Hours, Family Life, Family Characteristics, Conflict
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Cunningham, Mick – Social Forces, 2008
Declines in support for the male breadwinner, female homemaker family model in recent decades have been thoroughly documented, but research into the way such attitudes change over the life course remains limited. Drawing on panel data and latent growth curve modeling techniques, the study identifies patterns and predictors of attitude change from…
Descriptors: Employment, Homemakers, Heads of Households, Sex Role
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Svarer, Michael – Journal of Human Resources, 2007
In this paper, I analyze the association between workplace sex ratios and partnership formation and dissolution. I find that the risk of dissolution increases with the fraction of coworkers of the opposite sex at both the female and male workplace. On the other hand, workplace sex ratios are not important for the overall transition rate from…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Interpersonal Relationship, Human Relations, Marriage