Do State-Level Variables Affect Divorce Rates
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9256437 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sweezy Kate (Schulman, Ronca & Bucuvalas), Tiefenthaler Jill (Colgate University) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 47-65 |
| Publication date | 1996-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Review of Social Economy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6764 • E-ISSN: 1470-1162 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00346769600000002 |
| OpenAlex | W2008726341 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 19 |
Concerns over the increasing divorce rate and the negative effects of divorce on the standard of living of women and their children have resulted in a growing body of literature on both the causes and consequences of divorce. While several studies discuss the determinants of divorce, few examine the effects of state-level variables on individuals' decisions to divorce. In this study, state-level variables including AFDC and food stamp payments, property distribution laws, waiting periods, and two measures of conservatism are merged with a micro data set in order to examine the effects of these variables as well as individual-level variables on the probability of divorce. Event history analysis indicates that the effects of the individual-level variables are consistent with previous work. Among the state-level variables, only the percentage of regular church-goers and the percentage of fundamentalists in the state have a significant impact on divorce. These results reject notions that liberal divorce laws and generous AFDC payments encourage the breakup of families but support the hypothesis that social norms do influence individual behavior
Affect (linguistics) · Aid to Families with Dependent Children · Conservatism · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Payment · Political science · State (computer science) · Statistics · Variables · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Law · Mathematics · Psychology · Social Psychology
Their Fault, Not Mine
Marital Dissolution Among Interracial Couples
Red States, Blue States, and Divorce
Understanding the Divorce Cycle
For Richer or for Poorer
Divorce and Reduced Economic and Emotional Interdependence
Does Married Women's Market Work Affect Marital Stability Adversely? An Intercohort Analysis Using NLS Data
How Does Premarital Cohabitation Affect Trajectories of Marital Quality
A Treatise on the Family
Wives' earnings and marital instability
Economic Consequences of Divorce
The influence of individual and historical time on marital dissolution
Recent trends in marital disruption
Age at Marriage as a Factor in State Divorce Rate Differentials
Perspectives on the recent upturn in divorce and remarriage
The incidence of divorce within cohorts of American marriages contracted since the civil war
A reconsideration of the economic consequences of marital dissolution
Welfare Realities
An Economic Analysis of Marital Instability
Of Women, Men, and Divorce
Differentials in Marital Instability
Time-Related Determinants of Marital Dissolution
The Social and Demographic Correlates of Divorce and Separation in the United States
Children and Marital Disruption
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2018 (17) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |