Marriage and the Military

Evidence That Those Who Serve Marry Earlier and Divorce Earlier

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2340720
AutoresPaul F Hogan (The Lewin Group, Falls Church, VA,, autor correspondente), Rita Furst Seifert (The Lewin Group, Falls Church, VA)
Ano2010
Volume36
Fascículo3
Páginas420-438
Data de publicação2010-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoArmed Forces & Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0095-327X • E-ISSN: 1556-0848
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0095327x09351228
OpenAlexW2162507876
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas22
Referências citadas12

Under the compensation system of the U.S. Armed Forces, members who are married or have dependents receive higher rates of pay and greater benefits than those who are single with no dependents. This article examines the hypothesis that these compensation policies induce earlier marriage by active-duty military members compared to otherwise similar civilians who have not served on active duty. Using a logistic regression model on American Community Survey data, the authors estimate the effect of active-duty military service on the probability of being married for twenty-three- to twenty-five-year-olds. Controlling for other factors affecting marriage rates, the authors find that the odds of being married were about three times greater for those with military service compared to similar civilians who have not served. For persons ever married, the probability of divorce is significantly greater for those who have served two or more years on active duty

Active duty · Compensation (psychology) · Demographic economics · Duty · Economics · Logistic regression · Marital status · Military personnel · Military service · Odds · Political science · Population · Service (business) · Service member · Sociology · Statistics · Survey data collection · Demography · Employment and Welfare Studies · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology