Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ428071
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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Divorce over the Life Course: The Role of Marital Happiness.
White, Lynn K.; Booth, Alan
Journal of Family Issues, v12 n1 p5-21 Mar 1991
Explored apparent anomaly that marital happiness and divorce are both lower in longer marriages using a national panel of over 2,000 married individuals interviewed in 1980 and 1988. Results indicated marital happiness had a stronger effect on divorce at longer durations than at shorter durations. (Author/ABL)
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Divorce, Happiness, Longitudinal Studies, Marital Satisfaction, Trend Analysis
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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