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Meta-analysis of studies about divorce in Iran [PDF]
مطالعات زن و خانواده, 2018 Study of the issue of divorce and factors affecting this subject are of those issues that have drawn the intellectual community and especially sociologists’ attention into this field in recent decades.
ali asghar firozjaeian +3 more
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The Heterogeneous Impact of Children on Maternal Employment: Evidence From East and West Germany
Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the causal effect of fertility on female labour market outcomes in East and West Germany. We use twin births as an exogenous variation for family size. Our results suggest a negative relationship between the number of children and maternal labour market outcomes.
Johannes Köckeis, Sven Stöwhase
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Partners Mirror Each Other's Informal Helping Behavior: Evidence From a Longitudinal Study
Journal of Marriage and Family, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective This paper examines to what extent partners' informal helping behaviors are related and to what extent this partner effect differs by gender. Differences in informal help given to kin and non‐kin are explored. Background Although prior research has suggested that partners influence each other's helping behavior, these mostly cross ...
Marlou J. M. Ramaekers +1 more
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Immigration and Status Exchange in Australia and the United States [PDF]
The claim that marriage is a venue for status exchange of achieved traits, like education, and ascribed attributes, notably race and ethnic membership, has regained traction in the social stratification literature.
Deborah Cobb-Clark +3 more
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Swiss Journal of Sociology, 2017 We analyze the changing relationship between education and assortative mating over the course of educational expansion in Switzerland between 1970 and 2000.
Becker Rolf, Jann Ben
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Differently Educated US Couples and Their Work‐Family Arrangements, 1968–2023
Journal of Marriage and Family, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective This brief report examines how couples' education pairings relate to their work‐family arrangements in the United States from 1968 to 2023, focusing on differently educated couples. Background The reversal of the gender gap in education has increased couples where women have more education than their male partners, with implications ...
Léa Pessin, Federica Querin
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Parental Loss in Early Years and Adult Family Formation: Evidence From U.S. Cohorts Born 1850–1910
Journal of Marriage and Family, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective This paper examines the long‐term impact of parental loss in early years on family formation as adults in U.S. cohorts born between 1850 and 1910, focusing on age assortative mating and the timing of first childbirth. Background Early parental loss can profoundly shape children's adult family formation trajectories.
Giulia Corti, Saverio Minardi
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Gender Differences in the Timing and Chances of Parenthood Across Regions
Population, Space and Place, Volume 32, Issue 1, January 2026.ABSTRACT An increasing number of studies have examined fertility variation at the regional level within countries, but this research has largely focused on women. As a result, our knowledge of regional variation in male fertility remains limited. The current study addresses this research gap by examining how the timing and chances of parenthood vary ...
Jessica Nisén +3 more
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Educational and age assortative mating in China: The importance of marriage order
Demographic Research, 2019 Background: Family change in China is characterized by increasing divorce rates and a growing number of remarriages, like in many Western countries. Assortative mating is a crucial part of the institution of (re)marriage and plays a key role in the (re ...
Yang Hu, Yue Qian
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Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, Volume 27, Issue 11, Page 6284-6293, November 2025.Abstract Aims This study investigated the prevalence and concordance of cardiometabolic risk markers among couples after a gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)‐affected pregnancy. It also examined whether selected demographic, socioeconomic and health behavioural factors could explain within‐couple associations.
Majken Lillholm Pico +11 more
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