• Title of article

    Cohabiting and Married Couples Income Organization: Approaches in Sweden and the United States

  • Author/Authors

    Heimdal، Kristen R. نويسنده , , Houseknecht، Sharon K. نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2003
  • Pages
    -524
  • From page
    525
  • To page
    0
  • Abstract
    Using 1994 International Social Survey Program (ISSP) data, we examine the effect that cohabitation versus marriage has on couplesʹ income organization approaches in Sweden and the United States, two legally and normatively different contexts. Previous research on this topic has focused almost exclusively on married couples, so our inclusion of both married and cohabiting couples helps fill a gap in the literature. The effects of ever having been divorced, socioeconomic homogamy, and traditional gender ideology also are explored. Type of relationship and ever having been divorced are the only variables that predict income organization approach in both countries, suggesting that relationship experiences are more important than socioeconomic or ideological factors.
  • Keywords
    Job satisfaction , marital quality , work/family , positive spillover , negative spillover , GENDER
  • Journal title
    Journal of Marriage and Family
  • Serial Year
    2003
  • Journal title
    Journal of Marriage and Family
  • Record number

    93430