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Author Wolfinger, Nicholas H., 1966-

Title Understanding the divorce cycle : the children of divorce in their own marriages / Nicholas H. Wolfinger.

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 180 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Cambridge books online.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-176) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Why divorce begets divorce -- Coupling and uncoupling -- How strong is the divorce cycle? -- Historical developments -- The cohabitation revolution -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: data and methods -- Appendix B: evaluating the role of marriage differentials in the weakening divorce cycle.
Summary "Growing up in a divorced family leads to a variety of difficulties for adult offspring in their own partnerships. One of the best known and most powerful is the divorce cycle, the transmission of divorce from one generation to the next. This book draws on two national social survey data sets to examine how the divorce cycle has transformed family life in contemporary America. Compared to people from intact families, the children of divorce are more likely to marry as teenagers but less likely to wed overall. They are more likely to marry other people from divorced families, more likely to dissolve second and third marriages, and less likely to marry their live-in partners. Yet some of the adverse consequences of parental divorce have abated even as divorce itself has proliferated and become more socially accepted. Taken together, these findings show how parental divorce is a strong force in people's lives and society as a whole."--Publisher description.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Adult children of divorced parents -- Family relationships -- United States.
Adult children of divorced parents -- Family relationships.
United States.
Adult children of divorced parents.
Divorced people -- Family relationships -- United States.
Divorced people -- Family relationships.
Divorced people.
Divorce -- United States -- Psychological aspects.
Divorce.
Psychological aspects.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Divorced people.
Other Form: Print version: Wolfinger, Nicholas H., 1966- Understanding the divorce cycle. Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2005 0521851165 0521616603 (DLC) 2004024988 (OCoLC)56904178
ISBN 9780511499616 (electronic book)
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0521851165
0521616603 (paperback)
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