Arthur J Norton
Biographic Data
| ID | 160917 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Arthur J Norton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Arthur J |
| FAMILY NAME | Norton |
| SIGNATURE | NORTON A J |
| AFFILIATIONS | United States Census Bureau |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 84 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1971 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Current Trends in Marriage and Divorce among American Women
This study examines recent trends and future prospects regarding marriage and divorce patterns among women in the United States. Results indicate that first marriages are taking place later more adult women will never marry at all divorce has likely peaked remarriage after divorce is becoming less frequent and among current adult cohorts of women those representing the first ten years of the baby boom are expected to have the highest incidence of…
Family Life Cycle
Recent trends in marriage divorce and childbearing [in the United States] indicate that individuals and families are undergoing more transitions as they pass through the life course than in the past. This study using data from a national sample survey conducted in 1980 shows differences in the timing of major family life-cycle events according to age social and economic characteristics and marital history. Results suggest that age generational di…
The Influence of Divorce on Traditional Life-Cycle Measures
The usefulness of the family life-cycle construct in measuring social change has been criticized by a number of researchers in the family field. A main point of contention has been that the aggregate measures normally used assume typicality with respect to how families are formed pass through the life course and eventually dissolve. This paper presents data and discussion which compare life-cycle measures of women whose marriages have dissolved b…
Marital Instability
This paper presents an overview of trends in marriage and divorce behavior among the adult population in the United States from the early twentieth century to the present time, focusing on the increasing incidence of marital dissolution through divorce. The discussion includes analyses of the probable causative impact of several types of changes on the stability of marriage: socioeconomic variables generally associated with divorce; overall socia…
Perspectives on the recent upturn in divorce and remarriage
The divorce rate per thousand married women under 45 years of age in the United States increased by two–thirds between the mid-1950’s and 1970. During the same period, the remarriage rate per thousand divorced or widowed women under 55 years of age rose about one-third. By contrast, first marriages per thousand single women under 45 years of age declined by one-tenth since the mid-1950’s. These changes reinforce the general impression that a fund…
Sociology Uses of Family Data from the Current Population Survey
Frequency, Duration, and Probability of Marriage and Divorce
Information on marital histories of adults in the entire United States is summarized from the Survey of Economic Opportunity. Four-fifths of whites and two-thirds of Negroes in the cohort who married at least 20 years ago had married only once. One-fourth of the whites and nearly one-half of the Negroes in this cohort with youthful marriages had experienced divorce. Intervals between marital events were generally shorter for whites than Negroes. …
Current Trends in Marriage and Divorce among American Women
This study examines recent trends and future prospects regarding marriage and divorce patterns among women in the United States. Results indicate that first marriages are taking place later more adult women will never marry at all divorce has likely peaked remarriage after divorce is becoming less frequent and among current adult cohorts of women those representing the first ten years of the baby boom are expected to have the highest incidence of…
Marital Instability
This paper presents an overview of trends in marriage and divorce behavior among the adult population in the United States from the early twentieth century to the present time, focusing on the increasing incidence of marital dissolution through divorce. The discussion includes analyses of the probable causative impact of several types of changes on the stability of marriage: socioeconomic variables generally associated with divorce; overall socia…
Perspectives on the recent upturn in divorce and remarriage
The divorce rate per thousand married women under 45 years of age in the United States increased by two–thirds between the mid-1950’s and 1970. During the same period, the remarriage rate per thousand divorced or widowed women under 55 years of age rose about one-third. By contrast, first marriages per thousand single women under 45 years of age declined by one-tenth since the mid-1950’s. These changes reinforce the general impression that a fund…
Frequency, Duration, and Probability of Marriage and Divorce
Information on marital histories of adults in the entire United States is summarized from the Survey of Economic Opportunity. Four-fifths of whites and two-thirds of Negroes in the cohort who married at least 20 years ago had married only once. One-fourth of the whites and nearly one-half of the Negroes in this cohort with youthful marriages had experienced divorce. Intervals between marital events were generally shorter for whites than Negroes. …
Family Life Cycle
Recent trends in marriage divorce and childbearing [in the United States] indicate that individuals and families are undergoing more transitions as they pass through the life course than in the past. This study using data from a national sample survey conducted in 1980 shows differences in the timing of major family life-cycle events according to age social and economic characteristics and marital history. Results suggest that age generational di…
The Influence of Divorce on Traditional Life-Cycle Measures
The usefulness of the family life-cycle construct in measuring social change has been criticized by a number of researchers in the family field. A main point of contention has been that the aggregate measures normally used assume typicality with respect to how families are formed pass through the life course and eventually dissolve. This paper presents data and discussion which compare life-cycle measures of women whose marriages have dissolved b…
Sociology Uses of Family Data from the Current Population Survey
Frequency, Duration, and Probability of Marriage and Divorce
Information on marital histories of adults in the entire United States is summarized from the Survey of Economic Opportunity. Four-fifths of whites and two-thirds of Negroes in the cohort who married at least 20 years ago had married only once. One-fourth of the whites and nearly one-half of the Negroes in this cohort with youthful marriages had experienced divorce. Intervals between marital events were generally shorter for whites than Negroes. …
Perspectives on the recent upturn in divorce and remarriage
The divorce rate per thousand married women under 45 years of age in the United States increased by two–thirds between the mid-1950’s and 1970. During the same period, the remarriage rate per thousand divorced or widowed women under 55 years of age rose about one-third. By contrast, first marriages per thousand single women under 45 years of age declined by one-tenth since the mid-1950’s. These changes reinforce the general impression that a fund…
Marital Instability
This paper presents an overview of trends in marriage and divorce behavior among the adult population in the United States from the early twentieth century to the present time, focusing on the increasing incidence of marital dissolution through divorce. The discussion includes analyses of the probable causative impact of several types of changes on the stability of marriage: socioeconomic variables generally associated with divorce; overall socia…
The Influence of Divorce on Traditional Life-Cycle Measures
The usefulness of the family life-cycle construct in measuring social change has been criticized by a number of researchers in the family field. A main point of contention has been that the aggregate measures normally used assume typicality with respect to how families are formed pass through the life course and eventually dissolve. This paper presents data and discussion which compare life-cycle measures of women whose marriages have dissolved b…
Family Life Cycle
Recent trends in marriage divorce and childbearing [in the United States] indicate that individuals and families are undergoing more transitions as they pass through the life course than in the past. This study using data from a national sample survey conducted in 1980 shows differences in the timing of major family life-cycle events according to age social and economic characteristics and marital history. Results suggest that age generational di…
Current Trends in Marriage and Divorce among American Women
This study examines recent trends and future prospects regarding marriage and divorce patterns among women in the United States. Results indicate that first marriages are taking place later more adult women will never marry at all divorce has likely peaked remarriage after divorce is becoming less frequent and among current adult cohorts of women those representing the first ten years of the baby boom are expected to have the highest incidence of…
Demography (7 works) · Demography (7 works) · Population (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (6 works) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (6 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (5 works) · Marital status (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Demographic economics (4 works)