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Author: Luscombe, Belinda
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1. Luscombe, Belinda
Wealth Matters: People with Stuff Are More Likely to Marry
Time, October 12, 2011.
Also: http://healthland.time.com/2011/10/12/wealth-matters-people-with-stuff-are-more-likely-to-marry/
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Time Inc.
Keyword(s): Assets; Marital Status; Racial Differences; Wealth

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People who have more personal wealth -- in the form of a car, say, or a small nest egg -- are more likely to get married than those who have less, according to an analysis of data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. It's further evidence, as if it were needed, that money and marriage are becoming increasingly intertwined in ways that are not yet fully understood. [News media article based on Schneider, Daniel J. "Wealth and the Marital Divide." American Journal of Sociology 117,2 (September 2011): 627-667]
Bibliography Citation
Luscombe, Belinda. "Wealth Matters: People with Stuff Are More Likely to Marry." Time, October 12, 2011.
2. Luscombe, Belinda
Wealthy Kids Are More Affected by Divorce Than Poor Kids
Time, September 10, 2014.
Also: http://time.com/3311733/divorce-wealthy-families-georgetown/
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79
Publisher: Time Inc.
Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Children; Children, Behavioral Development; Divorce; Family Income; Family Structure; Socioeconomic Status (SES)

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Children of wealthy families that come apart have a bigger spike in behavior problems than children of poor families who experience the same thing. But wealthier children benefit more from being incorporated into stepfamilies than poorer children do. [News media article based on Ryan, Rebecca M., Amy Claessens and Anna J. Markowitz. "Associations Between Family Structure Change and Child Behavior Problems: The Moderating Effect of Family Income." Child Development 86,1 (January/February 2015): 112-127]
Bibliography Citation
Luscombe, Belinda. "Wealthy Kids Are More Affected by Divorce Than Poor Kids." Time, September 10, 2014.
3. Luscombe, Belinda
Why Do Millennials Have Kids Before Marriage? Jobs
Time, Online Edition, July 14, 2016.
Also: http://time.com/4405169/millennials-marriage-kids-jobs-income-inequality/
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Time Inc.
Keyword(s): Childbearing, Premarital/Nonmarital; Cohabitation; First Birth; Job Patterns; Marriage; Parents, Single; Wage Differentials

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Single motherhood is growing faster among individuals with a moderate level of education than it is among the very poor or those who have a college degree. And a prominent sociologist thinks he knows why: those are the people who have suffered the biggest loss of job opportunity since the 1980s. [News media article highlighting research by Cherlin, Ribar, and Yasutake: "Nonmarital First Births, Marriage, and Income Inequality," American Sociological Review, 14 July 2016]
Bibliography Citation
Luscombe, Belinda. "Why Do Millennials Have Kids Before Marriage? Jobs." Time, Online Edition, July 14, 2016.