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The Role of Cognitive Abilities in Assortative Mating: Partner Preferences of Young Adults
Sociologický Časopis, 2019 This article focuses on the relationship between young adults' cognitive abilities and individual partner preferences. We worked with the Preference NSZ 2017 data set, which contains data on partner preferences and the results of the National Comparative
Markéta Šetinová +1 more
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Journal of Marriage and Family, Volume 88, Issue 5, Page 1362-1378, October 2026.ABSTRACT Objective This study examines the link between physical attractiveness and partnership outcomes among a group of young male refugees, drawing on Social Exchange Theory, which posits that individuals exchange valued traits—such as attractiveness—for higher status in other domains.
Irena Kogan +2 more
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Marriage, Wealth, and the Spread of Cohabitation in Canada
The British Journal of Sociology, Volume 77, Issue 4, Page 546-563, September 2026.ABSTRACT Research demonstrates a robust link between marriage and wealth. Wealth facilitates marriage, which then fosters wealth accumulation, resulting in significant net worth disparities between married and cohabiting couples. Does the decline of marriage and growth of cohabitation alter this relationship?
Maude Pugliese
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Family Process, Volume 65, Issue 3, September 2026.ABSTRACT The primary purpose of this study was to identify the processes that helped happy and stable interfaith marriages navigate religious differences. To contextualize these adaptive processes, we secondarily explored the interfaith challenges these couples experienced. A final exploratory aim compared these challenges and processes in continuously‐
Justin J. Hendricks +4 more
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Ethnic, Religious and Educational Homogamy in Nigeria
African Population Studies, 2017 The study examines the extent to which Nigerians marry within circumscribed social groups, or choose marital partners who are similar to them in status, a phenomenon termed homogamy. Ethnicity, religious affiliation and educational attainment are three important variables in mate selection in Nigeria.
Uche C Isiugo-Abanihe, Olufunke Fayehun
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Educational Homogamy and Gender-Specific Earnings: Sweden, 1990–2009 [PDF]
Demography, 2013 AbstractSeveral studies have shown strong educational homogamy in most Western societies, although the trends over time differ across countries. In this article, we study the connection between educational assortative mating and gender-specific earnings in a sample containing the entire Swedish population born 1960–1974; we follow this sample from 1990
Martin, Dribe, Paul, Nystedt
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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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Differently Educated US Couples and Their Work‐Family Arrangements, 1968–2023
Journal of Marriage and Family, Volume 88, Issue 4, Page 1132-1143, August 2026.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, Volume 88, Issue 4, Page 915-931, August 2026.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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Partners Mirror Each Other's Informal Helping Behavior: Evidence From a Longitudinal Study
Journal of Marriage and Family, Volume 88, Issue 3, Page 848-858, June 2026.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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