Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ330820
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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The Consequences of Parenthood for the Marital Stability of Young Adults.
Waite, Linda J.; And Others
American Sociological Review, v50 n6 p850-57 Dec 1985
Analyzes data on the marital stability of young parents from the 1972 National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972. Reports that the birth of the first child strengthens the short-run stability of marriages: disruption rates of 5 to 8 percent were lower than estimated rates had the child not been born. (KH)
Descriptors: Children, Divorce, Family Life, Marital Instability, Marital Satisfaction, Marriage, Parent Child Relationship, Parents
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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