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Peer reviewedCorcoran, Mary – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1979
This article uses longitudinal data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to explore how changes in marital status affect the economic status of married women in their middle years. Results demonstrate that the economic status of women declines sharply when their marriages end. (Author/MC)
Descriptors: Divorce, Economic Change, Economic Status, Family Income
