Marriage and divorce affect not only individuals and families but also societies and economies. RAND research related to marriage and divorce includes studies on family planning and fertility, domestic violence and abuse, effects on physical health, wage-earning potential and economic security, workforce impacts, welfare services, and outcomes related to age of first marriage.
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Journal Article
We describe a new method that allows oversampling on the basis of indirectly estimated race/ethnicity when name and address information are available.
Journal Article
Since military operations began in Afghanistan and Iraq, lengthy deployments have led to concerns about the vulnerability of military marriages.
Journal Article
Injuries are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality for American children.
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Evidence suggests that lesbian and gay young adults use substances more frequently than their heterosexual peers.
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Findings include a consistent survival advantage for married over unmarried men and women, and an additional survival
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This study demonstrates that traditional measures oversimplify the relation between marital status and mortality and that sex differences are related to a nexus of marital experiences and associated health risks.
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Reviews studies that examine how transfer payments affect marriage or child well being.
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This article examines trajectories of maternal mental and physical health using data from the Fragile Families and Child Well-Being Study.
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Risks associated with less satisfying intimate relationships often co-occur within individuals. Relationship satisfaction was lower among those with more risks, and cumulative risk score was predictive above and beyond the individual risk factors.
News Release
April 12, 2007 news release:RAND Study Finds Divorce Among Soldiers Has Not Spiked Higher Despite Stress Created By Battlefield Deployments.
Report
Evaluates the effects of extended deployments on military marriages.
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The authors use data from the earlier and later cohorts of the NLSY to estimate the effect of marriage and childbearing on wages. Estimates imply that marriage lowers female wages 2-4 percent in the year of marriage. Marriage also lowers the wage growth of men and women by about two and four percentage points, respectively. A first birth lowers female wages 2-3 percent, but has no effect on wage growth. Male wages are unaffected by childbearing. Findings suggest that early marriage and childbearing can lead to substantial decreases in lifetime earnings.
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Recent studies linking marital status and health increasingly focus on marital trajectories to examine the relationship from a life course perspective.
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In these comments, the author suggests that the call for a new shift in the focus of marital research may be premature.
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Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979, the authors consider the relationship between the timing of family formation and positive changes in health behavior.
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These findings highlight the importance of a dyadic approach when examining the role of stress in marriage.
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Under what circumstances are spouses more or less likely to engage in aggressive behaviors?
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Both marriage and education appear to confer a protective effect on health.
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Current proposals to promote and strengthen marriage among low-income populations focus on values and behavioral skills as targets of intervention.
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Being married confers significant benefits in survival for patients with a variety of chronic conditions including breast and prostate carcinoma.
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