Differential Divorce Rates by Occupations

Divorce among Sociologists Married to Sociologists

“…In this case, the literature provides considerable theoretical and empirical support of the explanation. Both our data and a great deal of other evidence indicate that lack of religious commitment is associated with marital instability (e.g., Landis, 1949;Weeks, 1943), and sociologists are unusually lacking in religious commitment (Glenn and Weiner, 1969). We have found no evidence on the religiosity of undergraduate sociology majors, but we suspect that they have tended to have relatively little of it.14 Further-more, those who marry sociologists are not likely to be perfectly representative of all sociology majors, and they may tend to be less religious than the other female majors.…”

A Social Psychological Perspective on Marital Dissolution

“…Divorce proneness has also been considered an inverse correlate of occupational rank. A variety of studies have reported that couples where the husband's occupation ranks high have had less divorce proneness than those where it ranks low (Goode, 1956;Kephart, 1955;Monahan, 1955; Weeks, 1943). However, Cutright's (197 1) analysis indicates strongly that, in 1960, occupational differences in divorce proneness almost disappear when differences in income are removed; high status alone did not reduce proneness to divorce.…”

Some effects of paternal absence on male children.

“…A number of studies have indicated that broken homes are associated with low socioeconomic status (Burgess, 1950;Hollingshead, 1950;Weeks, 1943). To the extent that social class affects personality development, this relationship between social class and family stability may lead to false conclusions regarding the effects of broken homes.…”