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The influence of individual and historical time on marital dissolution

AbstractThis paper examines the influence of individual development and historical change on marital dissolution. Data from the vital statistics system of the United States and from the June...

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The influence of the family on premarital sexual attitudes and behavior

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Social change and the family: Comparative perspectives from the west, China,...

AbstractThis paper examines the influence of social and economic change on family structure and relationships: How do such economic and social transformations as industrialization, urbanization,...

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Cohabitation and marriage in the 1980s

AbstractUsing cohabitation and marriage histories collected in 1985 from 23-year-old women and men, this study investigates the process of union formation, considering transitions from single life into...

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Mother-Child Relations and Adolescent Sexual Attitudes and Behavior

AbstractWe hypothesize that children who are close to their parents are more likely to have attitudes and behavior that are consistent with their parents' values than children who are not close to...

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Family organization and the wage labor transition in a Tamang community of Nepal

AbstractThis paper explores familial contexts of transition to a wage labor economy using ethnographic and survey data from Tamang communities at the northern edge of Nepal's Kathmandu Valley....

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The relationship between cohabitation and divorce: Selectivity or causal...

AbstractRecent evidence linking premarital cohabitation to high rates of divorce poses a complex theoretical and empirical puzzle. We develop hypotheses predicting that premarital cohabitation is...

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A portrait of the nest-leaving process in early adulthood

AbstractThis paper provides an in-depth portrait of the nest-leaving process in early adulthood as it emerged in the 1980s. Event histories are used to describe transitions in and out of the parental...

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Family influences on family size preferences

AbstractSeveral studies have demonstrated important effects of parents’ childbearing behavior on their children’s childbearing preferences and behavior. The study described here advances our...

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The influence of parents’ marital dissolutions on children’s attitudes toward...

AbstractWe investigate the influence of parents’ marital dissolutions on their children’s attitudes toward several dimensions of family formation. Hypotheses focus on the role of parents’ attitudes as...

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Netting in Nepal: Social Change, the Life Course, and Brideservice in Sangila

AbstractThe links among family characteristics, pre-marital experiences organized outside the family, and participation in choice of spouse are now well established for historical transformations in a...

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The long-term impact of parents' childbearing decisions on children's...

AbstractWe examine the long-term impact of parents' childbearing decisions on children's self-esteem. We focus on subjective aspects of the home environment in the creation of children's internalized...

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The developmental paradigm, reading history sideways, and family change

AbstractThe developmental paradigm, reading history sideways, and cross-cultural data have converged to exert a profound influence on social scientists and ordinary people. Through the use of these...

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Economic potential and entry into marriage and cohabitation

AbstractThis article explores the relationship between economic potential and rates of entry into marriage and cohabitation. Using data from the 1990 census and the 1980–1992 High School and Beyond...

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Erratum to: “Economic Potential and Entry Into Marriage and Cohabitation”

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The influence of parents’ marital quality on adult children’s attitudes...

AbstractDrawing on a panel study of parents and children, we investigate linkages between parents’ marital quality and adult children’s attitudes toward a range of family issues, including premarital...

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Sweeping Changes in Marriage, Cohabitation and Childbearing in Central and...

AbstractIn Central and Eastern Europe following the political transformations of the late 1980s and early 1990s, there were dramatic declines in marriage and childbearing, significant increases in...

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International Fertility Change: New Data and Insights From the Developmental...

AbstractMany scholars have offered structural and ideational explanations for the fertility changes occurring around the world. This paper focuses on the influence of developmental idealism—a schema or...

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Developmental Idealism and Cultural Models of the Family in Malawi

Abstract This paper examines the extent to which developmental idealism has been disseminated in Malawi. Developmental idealism is a set of beliefs and values about development and the relationships...

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