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Teachman, Jay D.; And Others – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1994
Investigated relationship between men's marital status and duration of spells of joblessness. Findings from 2,851 white men followed from approximately ages 16-18 to approximately ages 29-31 suggest that men's marital status exerts negative and direct causal influence on length of joblessness. After leaving employment, married men spent…
Descriptors: Adults, Males, Marital Status, Unemployment

Call, Vaughn R. A.; Teachman, Jay D. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1996
Examines the life-course sequencing hypothesis that marriage before military service has a greater disruptive effect on marital stability than marriage during or after military service. Used event-history data from a 13-year panel study of 2,857 white males from Washington State high schools in 1966. Compares Vietnam combat veterans (n=610),…
Descriptors: Adults, Divorce, Life Events, Males