An Economic Approach to Marital Dissolution in Puerto Rico.

Canabal, Maria E.

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Publication Date: 1990

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An Economic Approach to Marital Dissolution in Puerto Rico.

Canabal, Maria E.

Journal of Marriage and the Family, v52 n2 p515-30 May 1990

Assessed socioeconomic determinants and probability of marital dissolution at five-year intervals for first legal and consensual marriages in Puerto Rico. Determined probability of dissolution was decreased by young children, wives' religious participation, and higher marital age; increased by wives' labor force participation, urban living, and consensual rather than legal marriage. (Author/TE)

Descriptors: Children, Cohabitation, Divorce, Economic Factors, Employed Women, Family Structure, Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, Marital Instability, Marriage, Probability, Sex Role, Socioeconomic Influences, Spouses, Stress Variables, Urban Environment

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Puerto Rico

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