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Meta-analysis of studies about divorce in Iran [PDF]

open access: yesمطالعات 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
doaj   +1 more source

Are men intimidated by highly educated women? Undercover on Tinder [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
In this study, we examine the impact of an individual's education level on her/his mating success on the mobile dating app Tinder. To do so, we conducted a field experiment on Tinder in which we collected data on 3,600 profile evaluations.
Akerlof   +76 more
core   +2 more sources

Occupational Licensing, Intergenerational Occupational Persistence and Social Mobility

open access: yesIndustrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We study the relationship between occupational regulation and intergenerational occupational persistence. Using the UK Household Longitudinal Study (2009–2024), we find that individuals are significantly more likely to enter a licensed occupation if a parent also worked in one, with the effect strongest in occupations where regulatory hurdles ...
Maria Koumenta, Mark Williams
wiley   +1 more source

Partners Mirror Each Other's Informal Helping Behavior: Evidence From a Longitudinal Study

open access: yesJournal 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
wiley   +1 more source

Educational Expansion and Homogamy. An Analysis of the Consequences of Educational Upgrading for Assortative Mating in Switzerland

open access: yesSwiss 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
doaj   +1 more source

Differently Educated US Couples and Their Work‐Family Arrangements, 1968–2023

open access: yesJournal 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
wiley   +1 more source

Parental Loss in Early Years and Adult Family Formation: Evidence From U.S. Cohorts Born 1850–1910

open access: yesJournal 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
wiley   +1 more source

Religious Heterogamy, Marital Quality, and Paternal Engagement

open access: yes, 2019
Using data from a nationally representative sample of married fathers of school-aged children, we examined the association between religious heterogamy of parents and fathers’ involvement in children’s lives.
Kim, Young-Il, Swan, Isaak
core   +1 more source

How I Met My Partner: Online Dating and the Homogamy Gap Between Same‐Sex and Different‐Sex Couples

open access: yesJournal of Marriage and Family, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This study examines whether online dating helps explain differences in homogamy between same‐sex and different‐sex couples in the United States. Background Same‐sex couples tend to exhibit lower levels of homogamy than different‐sex couples, yet the mechanisms underlying these differences remain unclear.
Jisu Park
wiley   +1 more source

Educational and age assortative mating in China: The importance of marriage order

open access: yesDemographic 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
doaj   +1 more source

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