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Title: The Association Between Health-Related Behaviours and the Risk of Divorce in the USA
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1. Fu, Haishan
Goldman, Noreen
The Association Between Health-Related Behaviours and the Risk of Divorce in the USA
Journal of Biosocial Science 32,1 (January 2000): 63-88.
Also: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9921&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S0021932000000638
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keyword(s): Cigarette Use (see Smoking); Divorce; Drug Use; Health Factors; Height; Marital Dissolution; Marriage; Obesity; Physical Characteristics; Sociability/Socialization/Social Interaction

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Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1979-1993, are drawn on to investigate the link between health-related variables and risks of divorce. Findings indicate that physical characteristics associated with poor health - namely, obesity and short stature - are not significantly related to risks of marital dissolution for either men or women. On the other hand, risk-taking behaviors - eg, smoking and drug use - are strongly related to higher risks of divorce for both sexes. Overall, results emphasize the need to accommodate health-related variables in the dominant economic and social psychological theories of marital dissolution.
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Fu, Haishan and Noreen Goldman. "The Association Between Health-Related Behaviours and the Risk of Divorce in the USA." Journal of Biosocial Science 32,1 (January 2000): 63-88.