Doing it fairly: a study of postgender marriages
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Fifteen families, where household work was divided equally, were monitored over a four-year period to elucidate how the couples agreed on the arrangement and the effect of such an arrangement on their relationship. Four approaches were suggested to be conducive to equal distribution of household chores. These are external forces, posttraditional relationship, dual-nurturer relationship and dual-career household. The study also found that families that shifted towards a postgender structure have a higher probability of having highly-compensated, professional mothers.
Publication Name: Journal of Marriage and the Family
Subject: Family and marriage
ISSN: 0022-2445
Year: 1998
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Associations between marital distress and work loss in a national sample
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An analysis of data from the National Comorbidity Survey (NCS) shows that marital distress leads to loss of job productivity, particularly among men in the first decade of their marriage. Survey of the average earnings of participants in the NCS shows that work loss due to marital problems is about $6.8 billion per year. Women are generally more sensitive than men to marital discords though various psychosocial factors limit their reactions. Programs for preventing marital problems help the society and business to gain economic and psychosocial benefits.
Publication Name: Journal of Marriage and the Family
Subject: Family and marriage
ISSN: 0022-2445
Year: 1996
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Sampling design effects: do they affect the analyses of data from the National Survey of Families and Households?
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Complex sample designs, which are usually employed for large national surveys such as the National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH), affect data analysis methods. Standard errors computed from such procedures that do not consider design effects are usually too small and cause errors in inferences. Consequences of sample design were studied for a group of factors chosen from the 1988 NSFH. Statistical software may be used to correct the standard errors in complex sample designs.
Publication Name: Journal of Marriage and the Family
Subject: Family and marriage
ISSN: 0022-2445
Year: 1998
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