Partnerships and Parenthood: A Comparative View of Cohabitation, Marriage and Childbearing
Thomson, Elizabeth Working paper no. 2003-18
Thomson, Elizabeth Working paper no. 2003-18
Martinson, Brian, and Joan M. Griffin Working paper no. 2003-24 Abstract Work and family influence the health and health behaviors of employed adults, especially when these domains have conflicting or competing demands. The extent to which work-family conflict is a function of extrinsic factors, such as the organization of work vs. an individual’s work habits, …
Li, Jui-Chung Allen Working paper no. 2003-26 Abstract This paper compares qualitative marital fertility schedules in intact- and stepfamilies using data from the U.S. June 1995 Current Population Survey. Stepfamily is defined through demographic configuration of women’s marital parity and lifetime parity. Substantial empirical regularities in fertility schedules are identified. Marital fertility schedules are similar …
Merli, M. Giovanna, and Alberto Palloni Working paper no. 2004-13
Raymo, James, and Hiromi Ono Working paper no. 2004-16 Abstract Unlike their counterparts in most industrialized societies, Japanese women are spending an increasingly longer proportion of their young adult years unmarried and living with parents. In this paper, we develop hypotheses linking the “comforts of home” to later marriage in Japan. To evaluate these hypotheses, …
Greenfield, Emily A., Nadine F. Marks Working paper no. 2004-27 Abstract This study investigated linkages between adult children’s distress and their parents’ psychological and relational well-being. Multivariate regression models were estimated based on data from 1,129 parents whose youngest child was at least 19 years old in the 1995 National Survey of Midlife in the …
Marks, Nadine, Heyjung Jun, and Jieun Song Working paper no. 2005-04 Abstract Guided by a life course perspective and attachment theory this study aimed to examine the impact of the death of a mother or father, or both, on multiple dimensions of psychological and physical health, as well as to examine gender differences in these …
Rainwater, Elizabeth Working paper no. 2005-05 Abstract There is a persistent relationship between early socioeconomic status and morbidity and mortality that is well documented in the literature. In this thesis, I explore two of the theories proposed in the literature to account for this relationship—Iaccess to resources and effects of general intelligence. I ask three …
Pudrovska, Tetyana Working paper no. 2007-02 Abstract Using a sample comprising full, twin, half-, step-, and adopted siblings, I examine psychological consequences of motherhood and fatherhood in midlife. My analysis includes between-family models that treat siblings as independent observations, and within-family models accounting for unobserved shared genetic and environmental endowments that may confound the relationship between parenthood and well-being. …
Raymo, James, and Miho Iwasawa Working paper no. 2007-10 Abstract Very low levels of nonmarital childbearing in Japan obscure important changes in the relationship between marriage and fertility. In this paper, we first describe trends in marriages preceded by pregnancy (bridal pregnancy) and examine educational differentials in this pattern of family formation. We then evaluate …