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Title: Economic Independence, Economic Status, and Empty Nest in Midlife Marital Disruption
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1. Heidemann, Bridget
Suhomlinova, Olga
O'Rand, Angela M.
Economic Independence, Economic Status, and Empty Nest in Midlife Marital Disruption
Journal of Marriage and Family 60,1 (February 1998): 219-231.
Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/353453
Cohort(s): Mature Women
Publisher: National Council on Family Relations
Keyword(s): Divorce; Economic Independence; Economic Well-Being; Economics of Gender; Family Formation; Life Course; Marital Disruption; Marital Dissolution; Marital Status; Nestleaving

We examine the risk of separation or divorce later in the marital career from a family development perspective. With data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Mature Women, we use a hazards framework to estimate the effects of women's economic independence, couples' economic status, and family life course factors on the risk of middle-age separation or divorce. Several dimensions of economic independence and economic status influence the risk of midlife marital disruption. Moreover, the transition to empty nest influences the risk of marital disruption, but the effect of empty nest depends on the duration of the marriage.
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Heidemann, Bridget, Olga Suhomlinova and Angela M. O'Rand. "Economic Independence, Economic Status, and Empty Nest in Midlife Marital Disruption." Journal of Marriage and Family 60,1 (February 1998): 219-231.