Incorporating Health into Models of Marriage Choice: Demographic and Sociological Perspectives

Fu, Haishan; Goldman, Noreen

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“…From this perspective, excessive drinking could delay marriage. Studies have found that drinking patterns are associated with early marriages (Newcomb & Bentler 1985), delayed marriages (Fu & Goldman 1996), a decreased likelihood of an "on-time" marriage (Forthofer et al 1996), and are unrelated to marriage (Bachman et al 1997). Certain methodological factors could influence which of these effects would be identified.…”

Section: Transitions To Marriage and Parenthood Does Alcohol Influencmentioning

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Marital and Family Processes in the Context of Alcohol Use and Alcohol Disorders

Leonard

Eiden²

2007

Annu. Rev. Clin. Psychol.

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Alcohol use is often part of the fabric of marriage and family life, and although it is associated with certain positive effects, excessive drinking and alcohol disorders can exert a negative effect on the marital development and on the development of children in the context of the family. This review considers evidence that alcohol influences and is influenced by marital/family processes, including transitions into marriage and parenthood, marital satisfaction, marital violence, parenting, and child development. The review discusses the importance of antisocial behavior and the need to examine women's drinking, and the joint impact of men's and women's drinking on marital/family processes. The review highlights the lack of studies in certain key areas, including the link between discordant drinking and violence and marital satisfaction, the role of alcohol in child neglect, and the potential role of marital conflict as a mediator or moderator of the relationship between alcohol and child functioning.

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Section: Transitions To Marriage and Parenthood Does Alcohol Influencmentioning

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Marital and Family Processes in the Context of Alcohol Use and Alcohol Disorders

Leonard

Eiden²

2007

Annu. Rev. Clin. Psychol.

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211

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“…It is, therefore, perhaps unsurprising that obesity has also been found to lower both wages and self-esteem more for women, and particularly white women as compared to men [17]. While the posited factors for this relationship are many, it is clear that selection into marriage [18] and finding a suitable mate based on weight are two important variables at play [1]. At the earlier stage, namely dating, one may wonder which factors are most important in creating the link between obesity and relationships.…”

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Adolescent Obesity: A Barrier to Mate Selection?

Downing-Matibag¹,

Neymotin

2014

J Child Adolesc Behav

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“…The relationship of substance use to family formation behavior also differs by gender. Substance-using women generally appear less likely to form any type of union than their male counterparts (Fu and Goldman, 1996;Kaestner, 1997). Less clear are gender differences in the link between substance use and pregnancy or parenthood.…”

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“…Rosenbaum and Kandel (1990) used a national sample and found substance use increased the likelihood of precocious fi rst intercourse three to fi ve times for females and two to three times for males. Examining those females, Mensch and Kandel (1992) found pregnancy four times more likely among illegal drug users compared with those who never used.Subsequent research found delayed/deferred marriage and a greater likelihood of premarital cohabitation among heavy episodic drinkers than nondrinkers (Duncan et al, 2006;Fu and Goldman, 1996;Power et al, 1999); there are similar effects of illegal drug use (DeKlyen et al, 2006;Fu and Goldman, 1996;Kaestner, 1997). Substance use also may increase the likelihood of pregnancy risk behaviors (Cooper, 2002;Guo et al, 2002;Santelli et al, 2001).…”

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Gender Differences in Family Formation Behavior: The Effects of Adolescent Substance Use

Ryan¹

2010

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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ABSTRACT. Objective: This study extended previous research on the association of substance use with family formation behavior by assessing the effects of the type and extent of adolescent substance use in a competing risks model. Substance use was expected to increase the likelihood of nonmarital family formation overall and differently by gender. Method: Longitudinal data from home interviews with the 14-to 16-year-old respondents to the fi rst wave of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (N = 4,011) were used in multinomial logistic regressions estimating the odds that fi rst cohabitation, parenthood, or remaining single occurred before fi rst marriage among fi ve types of substance users compared with nonusers. Full sample analysis preceded separate analyses of women (n = 1,946) and men (n = 2,065). Results: Illegal drug use and concurrent substance use increased the likelihood that cohabitation, as opposed to marriage, was the fi rst family type. Concurrent use of three types of substances had the largest effect on family formation behavior. The effects of singular marijuana use mattered only for men. The effects of substance use on parenthood as the fi rst family type were signifi cant only for women and increased the likelihood that marriage occurred fi rst. Conclusions: The effects of substance use depended on the type(s) of substance(s) used, singular or concurrent use, and gender. Previous research regarding cohabitation was supported and extended. Assumptions that substance use leads to teenage or unwed parenthood based on the relationship of substance use to pregnancy or its predictors should be re-examined. (J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs, 71, 938-949, 2010) Received: February 18, 2010. Revision: June 14, 2010. *This research was supported by National Institute on Drug Abuse grant 1R26DA021318-01.† Correspondence may be sent to Dr. Andrea Kay Ryan at the above address or via email at: akr31@pitt.edu. T EENAGE OR PREMARITAL COHABITATION, preunion parenthood, or not forming an adult family relate to later poverty, educational failure, unstable labor force participation, criminality, depression, stress, partner violence, and poor physical health (Brown, 2000;Crane, 1991;DeKlyen et al., 2006;Frye et al., 2007;Hagestad and Call, 2007;Knight et al., 1977;Popenoe, 2007). Substance use is an important behavior associated with family formation. For instance, young adults signifi cantly reduce their frequency of substance use when they marry; however, frequency declines only modestly among people who remain single (Bachman et al., 1997;Leonard and Rothbard, 1999; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2004). A longstanding explanation of the "marriage effect" is that the cultural norms of adult family roles in marriage discourage substance use (Bachman et al., 1997(Bachman et al., , 2002Coleman, 1978;Duncan et al., 2006;Homish and Leonard, 2005).Assumptions that marriage changes all types of substance use behavior may not be justifi ed, however. In this study, illegal drug use was de...

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Incorporating Health into Models of Marriage Choice: Demographic and Sociological Perspectives

Cited by 140 publications

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Marital and Family Processes in the Context of Alcohol Use and Alcohol Disorders

Marital and Family Processes in the Context of Alcohol Use and Alcohol Disorders

Adolescent Obesity: A Barrier to Mate Selection?

Gender Differences in Family Formation Behavior: The Effects of Adolescent Substance Use

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