The impact of unemployment on marriage and divorce.
"The present study was designed to explore whether unemployment has a deleterious impact on family life, resulting in lower rates of marriage and births and higher rates of divorce. Time series data were available for twelve nations for the 35 year period of 1950 to 1985, and the present paper reports analyses of these data sets." The results indicate that unemployment is associated with lower marriage and birth rates and higher divorce rates.
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D003710:Demography; D004243:Divorce; D004467:Economics; D004651:Employment; D005298:Fertility; D008393:Marriage; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D014478:Unemployment
Demographic Factors; Divorce; Economic Factors; Employment; Fertility; Macroeconomic Factors; Marriage; Nuptiality; Population; Population Dynamics; Unemployment; World