Age at Marriage and Marital Instability: Revisiting the Becker-Landes-Michael Hypothesis
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Lehrer, Evelyn L.
Abstract / Description
An early age at first marriage is known to be associated with a high risk of divorce. Yet it has been suggested that beyond a certain point, the relationship between age at marriage and marital instability may become positive, because as unmarried women begin to hear their biological clock tick, they may settle for matches far from the optimal. Analyses based on cycles 5 and 6 of the National Surveys of Family Growth show that the relationship between age at marriage and marital instability is strongly negative up to the late twenties, with a flattening of the curve thereafter.
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Trennung Ehe Eheschließung Trennung Ehe Eheschließung divorce marital dissolution marriagePersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2006
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Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit/ Institute for the Study of Labor: IZA Discussion Paper Series;2166
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Lehrer, Evelyn L.
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Made available on2022-11-17T11:02:53Z
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Date of first publication2006
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Abstract / DescriptionAn early age at first marriage is known to be associated with a high risk of divorce. Yet it has been suggested that beyond a certain point, the relationship between age at marriage and marital instability may become positive, because as unmarried women begin to hear their biological clock tick, they may settle for matches far from the optimal. Analyses based on cycles 5 and 6 of the National Surveys of Family Growth show that the relationship between age at marriage and marital instability is strongly negative up to the late twenties, with a flattening of the curve thereafter.en
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Persistent Identifierhttps://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bsz:291-psydok-16523
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11780/1119
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.8966
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Language of contenteng
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Is part ofIZA Discussion Paper Series No. 2166
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Is part of seriesForschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit/ Institute for the Study of Labor: IZA Discussion Paper Series;2166
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Keyword(s)Trennungde
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Keyword(s)Ehede
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Keyword(s)Eheschließungde
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Keyword(s)Trennungde
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Keyword(s)Ehede
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Keyword(s)Eheschließungde
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Keyword(s)divorceen
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Keyword(s)marital dissolutionen
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Keyword(s)marriageen
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleAge at Marriage and Marital Instability: Revisiting the Becker-Landes-Michael Hypothesisen
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DRO typereport
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Visible tag(s)PsyDok