A Comparison of Divorce Risk Models in China and the United States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2956571 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anqi Xu (0000-0002-4331-6676, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences), Yuanting Zhang (U.S. Food & Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition, HFS-020, 5100 Paint Branch Parkway, College Park, MD 20740 U.S.A.), Yuan‐Ting Zhang (0000-0003-4150-5470, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition), Paul R Amato (Department of Sociology, 306 Oswald Tower, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802-6207 U.S.A.) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 289-295 |
| Publication date | 2011-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Comparative Family Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-2328 • E-ISSN: 1929-9850 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/jcfs.42.2.289 |
| OpenAlex | W2597739273 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
Divorce has become more common in China. However, studies of Chinese marriage and family life have lagged because relevant data are sparse. Using a divorce risk model, this study compares China and the United States. Chinese data came from a 2007-2008 Shanghai study containing 1,070 married or cohabiting respondents. The U.S. data came from the 2000 Survey of Marriage and Family Life containing 2,100 married individuals. In both countries, marital quality (happiness) was higher when couples frequently shared activities, reported few arguments, had not experienced marital violence, thought it would be difficult to replace their current spouses, and grew up with happily married parents. Moreover, in both countries, divorce risk (thinking about divorce) was negatively associated with marital quality, marital duration, believing that marriage is for life, reporting few quarrels, and the absence of marital violence. Differences between samples also emerged, which may reflect unique cultural aspects of Chinese and American society
China · Demographic economics · Domestic violence · Economics · Environmental health · Family life · Happiness · Marital status · Poison control · Political science · Population · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Survey data collection · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |