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Direct linkLaVeist, Thomas A.; Zeno, Tia L.; Fesahazion, Ruth G. – Journal of Family Issues, 2010
This article explores the effects of being raised by married parents during childhood on health and well-being in adolescence and young adulthood in a longitudinal sample of African Americans. This study aims to address the following three questions: Does childhood with married parents lead to better health and well-being during adolescence? Does…
Descriptors: Marital Status, Health Behavior, Marriage, Young Adults
Geurts, Teun; Poortman, Anne-Rigt; van Tilburg, Theo; Dykstra, Pearl A. – Journal of Family Issues, 2009
Using cross-sectional data from the Netherlands Kinship Panel Study (N = 1,231), this study examines the relationship between grandchildren and their grandparents across early adulthood. Age is used as a proxy for change during the grandchild's life course and the influence of major life course characteristics is examined. Results indicate that…
Descriptors: Grandchildren, Young Adults, Age Differences, Grandparents
Bures, Regina M. – Journal of Family Issues, 2009
Using data from the 1992-2000 waves of the Health and Retirement Study, this article examines the relationship between the presence and age of children in the home and parental mobility in midlife. Although a substantial literature evaluates the factors affecting the timing of children leaving (and returning) home, less attention has been paid to…
Descriptors: Independent Living, Family Life, Young Adults, Correlation
Mahay, Jenna; Lewin, Alisa C. – Journal of Family Issues, 2007
Understanding attitudes toward marriage at older ages is increasingly important as young adults delay marriage and large numbers of people return to the marriage market after divorce. This study examines age differences in the desire to marry among singles age 18 to 69 years, taking into account selection into marriage. Using data drawn from the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Young Adults, Divorce, Marriage
Peer reviewedMarks, Nadine F. – Journal of Family Issues, 1995
Examined marital status differences in attitudes about parental obligation, social support relationships with adult children, and psychological well-being among 3,002 midlife parents (ages 35-64) of nonresident adult children. Parents in first marriages were most likely to be giving support. Giving to adult children was associated with more…
Descriptors: Adult Children, Marital Status, Middle Aged Adults, Parent Child Relationship
Hall, Scott S. – Journal of Family Issues, 2006
The purpose of the study is to examine the meaning that the institution of marriage can hold for young, unmarried adults, based on their systems (or collections) of beliefs about marriage. Based on symbolic interactionism, it is argued that marital meaning has implications for how people behave prior to and during marriage that may relate to…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Young Adults, Factor Analysis, Content Analysis
