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Marital status is an important factor (along with education, race, and age) influencing labor force participation and differences in economic well-being of ... Skiptomaincontent Advertisement SearchSpringerLink Search Sociologistsrefertomaritalstatusasanachievedcharacteristic,inthesensethatmaritalbehaviorissociallydefinedandinfluenced,ratherthanhavinganybiologicalproperties.Childrenaretypicallyassumedtobesingle(nevermarried),whereasadultsaregenerallyclassifiedasbeingsingle,married,separated,divorced,orwidowed,althoughofcoursepeoplemaychangecategoriesatvarioustimesintheirlives.Virtuallyeveryhumansocietyassumesthatmostpeoplewillmarrywhentheybecomeadults,andsocialandbiologicalreproductiontendtotakeplaceinthefamilyunitformedbymarriedpeople. Datafromthe2000CensusintheUnitedStatesshowthat24%offemalesaged15andolderhadneverbeenmarried,aslightincreasefrom23%inthe1990census.Almosthalfofwomen(49%)werecurrentlymarriedwithaspousepresentin2000,while16%wereseparatedordivorced,and10%werewidowed.Thesefiguresvarybyage,ofcourse,withdivorceandespeciallywidowhood... KeywordsMaritalStatusSingleMotherMaritalDisruptionMarriedPeopleRiskyHealthBehaviorThesekeywordswereaddedbymachineandnotbytheauthors.Thisprocessisexperimentalandthekeywordsmaybeupdatedasthelearningalgorithmimproves. Thisisapreviewofsubscriptioncontent,accessviayourinstitution. Buyingoptions Chapter EUR 29.95 PriceincludesVAT(Singapore) DOI:10.1007/978-0-306-48113-0_255 Chapterlength:3pages InstantPDFdownload Readableonalldevices Ownitforever Exclusiveofferforindividualsonly Taxcalculationwillbefinalisedduringcheckout BuyChapter eBook EUR 223.63 PriceincludesVAT(Singapore) ISBN:978-0-306-48113-0 InstantPDFdownload Readableonalldevices Ownitforever Exclusiveofferforindividualsonly Taxcalculationwillbefinalisedduringcheckout BuyeBook HardcoverBook EUR 279.99 PriceexcludesVAT(Singapore) ISBN:978-0-306-48073-7 Dispatchedin3to5businessdays Exclusiveofferforindividualsonly FreeshippingworldwideShippingrestrictionsmayapply,checktoseeifyouareimpacted. Taxcalculationwillbefinalisedduringcheckout BuyHardcoverBook Learnaboutinstitutionalsubscriptions SuggestedReadingBeckett,M.K.,&Elliott,M.N.(2002).Doestheassociationbetweenmaritalstatusandhealthvarybysex,race,andethnicity?http://www.rand.org/labor/DRU/DRU2869.pdf GoogleScholar  Hibbard,J.H.,&Pope,C.R.(1993).Healtheffectsofdiscontinuitiesinfemaleemploymentandmaritalstatus.SocialScienceandMedicine,36,1099–1104.PubMed  CrossRef  CAS  GoogleScholar  Jacobsen,J.P.,&Levin,L.M.(2000).Theeffectsofinternalmigrationontherelativeeconomicstatusofwomenandmen.JournalofSocio-Economics,29,291–304.CrossRef  GoogleScholar  U.S.DepartmentofHealthandHumanServices,HealthResourcesandServicesAdministration(HRSA),MaternalandChildHealthBureau,Women’sHealth2002USA.http://www.mchb.hrsa.gov/whusa02/ GoogleScholar  Zandvakili,S.(2000).DynamicsofearningsinequalityamongfemaleheadedhouseholdsintheUnitedStates.JournalofSocio-Economics,29,73–89.CrossRef  GoogleScholar  DownloadreferencesAuthorsYuyingLiViewauthorpublicationsYoucanalsosearchforthisauthorin PubMed GoogleScholarJohnR.WeeksViewauthorpublicationsYoucanalsosearchforthisauthorin PubMed GoogleScholarRightsandpermissionsReprintsandPermissionsCopyrightinformation©2004KluwerAcademic/PlenumPublishersAboutthisentryCitethisentryLi,Y.,Weeks,J.R.(2004).MaritalStatus. In:EncyclopediaofWomen’sHealth.Springer,Boston,MA.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-306-48113-0_255Downloadcitation.RIS.ENW.BIBDOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-306-48113-0_255 PublisherName:Springer,Boston,MA PrintISBN:978-0-306-48073-7 OnlineISBN:978-0-306-48113-0eBookPackages:SpringerBookArchiveSharethisentryAnyoneyousharethefollowinglinkwithwillbeabletoreadthiscontent:GetshareablelinkSorry,ashareablelinkisnotcurrentlyavailableforthisarticle.Copytoclipboard ProvidedbytheSpringerNatureSharedItcontent-sharinginitiative Accessviayourinstitution Buyingoptions Chapter EUR 29.95 PriceincludesVAT(Singapore) DOI:10.1007/978-0-306-48113-0_255 Chapterlength:3pages InstantPDFdownload Readableonalldevices Ownitforever Exclusiveofferforindividualsonly Taxcalculationwillbefinalisedduringcheckout BuyChapter eBook EUR 223.63 PriceincludesVAT(Singapore) ISBN:978-0-306-48113-0 InstantPDFdownload Readableonalldevices Ownitforever Exclusiveofferforindividualsonly Taxcalculationwillbefinalisedduringcheckout BuyeBook HardcoverBook EUR 279.99 PriceexcludesVAT(Singapore) ISBN:978-0-306-48073-7 Dispatchedin3to5businessdays Exclusiveofferforindividualsonly FreeshippingworldwideShippingrestrictionsmayapply,checktoseeifyouareimpacted. Taxcalculationwillbefinalisedduringcheckout BuyHardcoverBook Learnaboutinstitutionalsubscriptions