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Who can work when, and why do we have to care? Education, care demands, and the gendered division of work schedules in France and Germany

open access: yesJournal of Marriage and Family, Volume 87, Issue 4, Page 1618-1638, August 2025.
Abstract Objective This article investigates how education and the presence and age of children shape gendered work schedule arrangements among couples in France and Germany. Background Despite the prevalence of nonstandard work schedules, schools and daycare facilities typically operate during standard work hours.
Carolin Deuflhard, Jeanne Ganault
wiley   +1 more source

Mate preferences and marriage‐related behaviors: The case of Japan

open access: yesJournal of Marriage and Family, Volume 87, Issue 4, Page 1361-1386, August 2025.
Abstract Objective This study examines contributors to mate preferences and their changes, as well as behaviors corresponding to mate preferences in Japan, where mate preferences likely play a role in its steady marriage decline. Background Mate preferences are believed to guide mate selection processes.
Yuko Hara, Wei‐hsin Yu
wiley   +1 more source

Loving’s Legacy: Decriminalization and the Regulation of Sex and Sexuality [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
2017 marked the fiftieth anniversary of Loving v. Virginia, the landmark Supreme Court decision that invalidated bans on miscegenation and interracial marriages.
Murray, Melissa
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Bend It Like Beckham: Ethnic Identity and Integration [PDF]

open access: yes
We propose a theoretical framework to study the determinants of ethnic and religious identity along two distinct motivational processes which have been proposed in the social sciences: cultural conformity and cultural distinction.
Bisin, Alberto   +3 more
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Educational gap between partners and sterilization

open access: yesJournal 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
wiley   +1 more source

The Network Expression of a Roma Diaspora

open access: yesGlobal 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
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Assortative Mating on Income Inequality in Switzerland [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Homogamy is one of the possible drivers of income inequality in society. This study analyses the influence of homogamy in partners’ earnings on income inequality in Switzerland using data of the Swiss Household Panel from 1999 to 2015.
Kuhn, Ursina, Ravazzini, Laura
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Inequality in Family Formation and Dissolution in Central and Eastern Europe

open access: yesSociology 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
wiley   +1 more source

Religious Homogamy and Marital Happiness

open access: yesJournal of Family Issues, 1988
Data from a representative sample of 1,070 married Protestants and Catholics were used to examine the relationship between religious homogamy and marital happiness. Although couples may vary in the extent to which they share religious views (e.g., beliefs, values), previous research has treated religious homogamy as a dichotomy; a couple is either ...
Ortega, Suzanne T.   +2 more
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Data‐bility: Endogamous social intimacies on dating apps in Mumbai

open access: yesTransactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Volume 50, Issue 2, June 2025.
Abstract In this paper I argue through the double entendre of ‘data‐bility’ that how dateable one is on a dating app relies on data. This techno‐social framework enables an understanding of how dating apps are reconfiguring a politics of sexuality, circumscribed by digital technologies and data.
Kavita Dattani
wiley   +1 more source

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