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Marital Instability Over the Life Course, 1983: [United States] (ICPSR 9200)

Version Date: Feb 17, 1992

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Principal Investigator(s):
Alan Booth

Series:

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09200.v1

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Summary

The purpose of this data collection was to identify the causes of marital instability throughout the life course. The principal investigators were interested in directly linking changes in items such as economic resources, wife's employment, presence of children, marital satisfaction, life goals, and health to divorce, permanent separation, and other actions intended to dissolve a marriage. Background variables on respondents include age, sex, educational attainment, marital status and history, number of children, religious affiliation, and income level. Information also is supplied on relationship with in-laws, size of home, parents' employment, use of free time, club membership, child care arrangements, and responsibility for chores.

Citation

Booth, Alan. Marital Instability Over the Life Course, 1983: [United States]. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992-02-17. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09200.v1

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Funding

United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Institute on Aging (1-R01 AG04146)

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

1983-09 -- 1983-12

Date of Collection

1983-09 -- 1983-12

Data Collection Notes

  1. ICPSR distributes a companion study to this collection titled FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION AND MARITAL INSTABILITY, 1980: [UNITED STATES] (ICPSR 9199).

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Sample

National probability sample. The sample was selected using a random digit dialing cluster sampling technique.

Universe

All intact marriages in the continental United States with partners between the ages of 18 and 55 living in households with telephones.

Data Source

telephone interviews

Data Type(s)

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Original Release Date

1990-03-02

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • Booth, Alan. Marital Instability Over the Life Course, 1983: [United States]. ICPSR09200-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1990. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09200.v1
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Notes

  • The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.

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This study is maintained and distributed by the National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA), the aging program within ICPSR. NACDA is sponsored by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) at the National Institutes of Heath (NIH).