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Educational gap between partners and sterilization
Journal of Marriage and Family, Volume 87, Issue 4, Page 1727-1746, August 2025.Abstract Objective This study compares the sterilization behavior of couples with varying joint education levels and union types. Background A couple's joint education levels affect the resources available to them and the power dynamics within the relationship; they also help determine which spouse takes primary responsibility for the couple's ...
Kate H. Choi
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The Network Expression of a Roma Diaspora
Global Networks, Volume 25, Issue 3, July 2025.ABSTRACT Despite the longstanding debates among ethnographers and policymakers regarding the social organization of the Roma–the largest and most marginalized native ethnocultural minority in Europe–quantitative analyses are limited. This is partly due to a unique combination of social closure and spatial dispersion of most Roma groups, exacerbated by ...
Francisco J. Ogáyar +4 more
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Who marries whom? Educational homogamy in Norway [PDF]
A number of previous studies have documented a fairly high level of marital homogamy in Norway. Most of these studies, however, have been local and ethnographic, or based on national data measuring homogamy within a limited time period.
Gunn Elisabeth Birkelund, Johan Heldal
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Inequality in Family Formation and Dissolution in Central and Eastern Europe
Sociology Compass, Volume 19, Issue 6, June 2025.ABSTRACT Comparative research on socioeconomic inequalities in family transitions has largely overlooked Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) both before and after 1989, often applying broad theories without accounting for regional specificities or focusing too narrowly on single countries.
Thomas P. Heyes, Martin Kreidl
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The Correlation Between Husband's and Wife's Education: Canada, 1971-1996 [PDF]
We present a measure of the correlation between the education levels of spouses based on a bivariate ordered probit model. The change in this correlation over time can be measured while controlling for the large changes in the educational attainment ...
John Burbidge, Les Robb, Lonnie Magee
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Health EquityIntroduction: Promoting healthy dietary patterns among older adults is a crucial strategy for mitigating health equity disparities. As a key social determinant, educational assortative marriage (EAM) profoundly shapes health behaviors in later life via ...
Boshu Mao
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The Dynamics of Assortative Mating in Germany [PDF]
, 2012 This paper examines the patterns of educational assortative mating in East and West Germany. In the literature it is well known that individuals do not mate randomly with respect to social and cultural traits, and that highly assortative mating can lead ...
Grave, Barbara S., Schmidt, Christoph M.
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Sociology Compass, Volume 19, Issue 5, May 2025.ABSTRACT This article reviews research on education and stratification in contemporary Japan. Particular attention is paid to (1) inequality in educational opportunities and outcomes, including learning experiences, attitudes, behaviors, achievement, and attainment; (2) educational gradients in multidimensional well‐being, such as labor market outcomes,
Satoshi Araki
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Couple relationships and health: The role of the individual’s and the partner’s education
Journal of Family Research, 2019 A positive correlation between couple relationships and health is well established. However, recent studies indicate that the beneficial effects of couple relationships on health vary substantially according to the characteristics of the relationship and
Johannes Stauder +2 more
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Educational Homogamy: Preferences or Opportunities? [PDF]
Individuals match on length and type of education. We investigate whether the systematic relationship between educations of partners is explained by opportunities (e.g. low search frictions) or preferences (e.g.
Helena Skyt Nielsen, Michael Svarer
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