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…

Explored whether couples' employment/retirement patterns relate to perceptions of marital dependence and whether relationships are contingent on gender role attitudes. Data from 763 couples revealed that the positive association between husband's retirement and his spouse's perceptions of his dependence on relationship predominated among couples…

Examined data from 153 married couples to determine their patterns of coping with stress and association between couples' coping and psychological symptoms in each spouse. Found pattern of dyadic coping marked by strong reliance on escape-avoidance coping by both husband and wife was associated with high levels of symptoms in both spouses.…

Finds that self-reported satisfaction as a member of a marital dyad was (1) positively related to the spouse's use of a more co-active style of communication and decision-making, and to the spouse's communication of referent power; and (2) negatively related to the spouse's communication of coercive power and use of reward power. (SR)

Seventy-one married couples attending marriage education workshops were surveyed regarding price, product, place, people, and promotional marketing factors influencing their overall satisfaction as workshop participants. Findings suggest both similar and unique marketing factors influenced husbands' and wives' satisfaction. Recommendations for…

A questionnaire assessed marital and family therapists' willingness to participate in research projects and their use of research in clinical practice. Results indicate a moderate level of research involvement among practitioners. The hypothesis that training in research practice would predict research involvement was only partially supported.…

Hazard rate models are described, and selected techniques are used to analyze paired hazard rates when event times are right censored. The techniques are illustrated by looking at mortality patterns in husbands and wives. Recently developed measures and models are introduced. The advantages and disadvantages of the measures are discussed.…

Argues for the application of Delphi studies in marriage and family therapy (MFT) research. Describes the methodology of the Delphi and discusses Delphi studies that already exist in the MFT literature. Recommendations for the use of Delphi in the MFT field are highlighted. (MKA)

Compares two statistical approaches for the analysis of data obtained from married couples. Summarizes a current multilevel (or hierarchical) model that has demonstrated usefulness in marital research and respecifies this model into a more familiar structural equation modeling formulation. (SLD)

Forty-five individuals (22 couples and 1 widowed person) living in arranged marriages in India completed questionnaires measuring marital satisfaction and wellness. The data were compared with existing data on individuals in the United States living in marriages of choice. Differences were found in importance of marital characteristics, but no…

Rising imprisonment rates and declining marriage rates among low-education African Americans motivate an analysis of the effects of incarceration on marriage. An event history analysis of 2,041 unmarried men from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth suggests that men are unlikely to marry in the years they serve in prison. A separate analysis…

Using a nationally representative survey of married couples N=572 in The Netherlands, I analyze three characteristics of the contemporary western marriage ceremony: a) whether couples give a wedding party, b) whether couples have their marriage consecrated in church, and c) whether couples go away on a honeymoon. Hypotheses are developed arguing…

Explores how husbands' and wives' marriage work with close friends and one another was linked to their perceptions of marital quality. Results showed that husbands engaged in more marriage work with their wives than with close friends, whereas wives engaged in similar levels of marriage work with their close friends and husbands. (Contains 58…

Data from two studies assessed the effects of nonstandard work schedules on perceived family well-being and daily stressors. Study 1, using a sample of employed, married adults aged 25-74 (n = 1,166) from the National Survey of Midlife in the United States, showed that night work was associated with perceptions of greater marital instability,…

This article compares marriage patterns by race, education and religion in the United States during the 20th century, using a variety of data sources. The comparative approach allows several general conclusions. First, racial endogamy has declined sharply over the 20th century, but race is still the most powerful division in the marriage market.…