She left, he left: How employment and satisfaction affect women's and men's decisions to leave marriages

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1982-2018

  Sayer, Liana C ^a   England, Paula ^b   Allison, Paul D ^c   Kangas, Nicole ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIVORCE; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; DIVORCE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79959522867     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/658173     Document Type: Article

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