title: [Sex-specific effects in the intergenerational transmission of divorce risks].
abstract: "In an empirical analysis the article investigates the intergenerational transmission of divorce risk with multivariate event-history techniques using data on the 10,000 respondents of the German Family Survey. In both younger and older cohorts the transmission effect is confirmed. Surprisingly, however, there are huge sex differences in the impact of parents' divorces on their children.  Sons of divorced parents have a much higher risk of divorce than girls.... The transmission effect cannot be explained by the decreased standard of living typically observed in all types of single-parent families. The data suggest, however, that differences in intervening variables may partially explain the transmission effect." (SUMMARY IN ENG)
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004243:Divorce; D004467:Economics; D005060:Europe; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005858:Germany; D008393:Marriage; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Age Factors; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Divorce; Economic Factors; Europe; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Generations; Germany; Nuptiality; Population; Population Characteristics; Sex Factors; Standard Of Living; Western Europe
vernacular_title: Die soziale Vererbung des Scheidungsrisikos: eine empirische Untersuchung der Transmissionshypothese mit dem deutschen Familiensurvey.