Studied long-term consequences of adolescent marriage in three age cohorts of males. Found that Black and White males who married as adolescents completed less education, earned less, held lower-status occupations, and experienced more marital disruption than did peers who married as adults. (Author/NB)

Focused on White, Black and Mexican-American women and utilized a cohort analysis to examine the empty-nest syndrome. Hypothesized that if the syndrome occurs, it occurs to a greater degree in a particular cohort of White middle-class women because of a unique set of social circumstances and family values. (Author/RC)