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Wolfinger, Nicholas H.; Wolfinger, Raymond E. – Social Forces, 2008
We use data from the Voting and Registration Supplement of the Current Population Survey to explore the effects of family structure on turnout in the 2000 presidential election. Our results indicate that family structure, defined as marital status and the presence of children, has substantial consequences for turnout. Married adults are more…
Descriptors: Widowed, Marital Status, Family Structure, Voting
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Mastekaasa, Arne – Social Forces, 1994
Data from an extensive survey of the entire adult population of one rural Norwegian county indicate that married persons had the highest level of subjective well-being, followed by widowed persons. Among the formerly married, cohabitation was associated with substantially higher levels of well-being, but the importance of cohabitation depended on…
Descriptors: Age, Cohabitation, Divorce, Foreign Countries