| Description |
ix, 404 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Social institutions and social change |
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Social institutions and social change.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Changing shape of ties that bind : an overview and synthesis / Christine Bachrach, Michelle J. Hindin, and Elizabeth Thomson -- Recent trends and differentials in marriage and cohabitation : the United States / R. Kelly Raley -- European perspectives on union formation / Kathleen Kiernan -- Historical trends in marriage formation : the United States 1850-1990 / Catherine A. Fitch and Steven Ruggles -- Evolutionary psychology of marriage and divorce / Martin Daly and Margo I. Wilson -- Theorizing marriage / Robert A. Pollak -- Toward a new home socioeconomics of union formation / Andrew J. Cherlin -- Transformation in the meaning of marriage / William G. Axinn and Arland Thornton -- Marital values and expectations in context : results from a 21-city survey / M. Belinda Tucker -- Ethnicity, immigration, and beliefs about marriage as a "tie that binds" / R.S. Oropesa and Bridget K. Gorman -- Values and living arrangements : a recursive relationship / Guy Moors. |
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Religion as a determinant of entry into cohabitation and marriage / Evelyn L. Lehrer -- Typology of processes of commitment to marriage : why do partners commit to problematic relationships? / Catherine A. Surra and Christine R. Gray -- Continuing importance of men's economic position in marriage formation / Valerie Kincade Oppenheimer -- Female wages, male wages, and the economic model of marriage : the basic evidence / Robert A. Moffitt -- Marriage, the costs of children, and gender inequality / Paula England -- Understanding the distribution of housework between husbands and wives / Beth Anne Shelton -- On the determination of wages : does marriage matter? / Jeffrey S. Gray and Michel J. Vanderhart -- Trends in men's and women's well-being in marriage / Linda J. Waite. |
| Subject |
Marriage.
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Unmarried couples.
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Domestic relations.
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| Added Author |
Waite, Linda J.
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Bachrach, Christine.
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| ISBN |
0202306356 (acid-free paper : cloth) |
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0202306364 paperback |
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