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Attractiveness for Status? The Link Between Physical Attractiveness and Male Refugees' Romantic Relationships in Germany

Journal of Marriage and Family, EarlyView.
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, Jana Kuhlemann, Laura Marie Schmitt   +2 more
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Different Paths, Shared Beliefs? Religion and Partnership Formation Among Young Male Refugees and Descendants of Immigrants in Germany

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The present study examines how religion shapes partnership formation and religious homogamy among Syrian and Afghan male refugees who arrived in Germany during the 2015/16 influx. It provides new insights by focusing on a particularly vulnerable group of refugees who are culturally distant from the host society and comparing them to ...
Jana Kuhlemann, Lena Arnold, Irena Kogan, Marlene Bauer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

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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Higher Education and the Marriage Market: Educational Attainment, Educational Homogamy, and Inequality

Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2022
The purpose of this article is to examine if educational homogamy patterns are associated intergenerationally, the extent to which today’s couples are homogamous, and how this translates into levels of family income and financial and overall well-being.
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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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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, Marieke Voorpostel   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Couple's Religious Affiliation Status and Charitable Giving: A Closer Look

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 360-373, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This study examines how religious dynamics in a household are connected to its giving patterns. Specifically, we test how a married or cohabitating heterosexual couple's religious affiliation status relates to the likelihood of donation by tracking the shifts using a three‐tiered classification: (1) general giving, (2) giving to religious and ...
Young‐Joo Lee, David P. King
wiley   +1 more source