Previous research has documented that children who do not live with both biological parents
fare somewhat worse on a variety of outcomes than those who do. In this article, which is the …

Background Female-headed households are one of the most vulnerable groups of society
that confront many problems and challenges. Therefore, the present study aimed to explore …

In this study, I examined gender differences in the consequences of divorce by tracing
annual change in 20 outcome measures covering four domains: economic, housing and …

Parental divorce is one of the most stressful life events for youth and is often associated with
(long-lasting) emotional and behavioral problems (EBP). However, not much is known about …

We pooled data from 10 longitudinal studies of 1,104 married couples to test the
Vulnerability-Stress-Adaptation (VSA) model of change in relationship satisfaction. Studies …

While men have always received more education than women in the past, this gender
imbalance in education has recently turned around. For the first time in European history …

BACKGROUND In this paper we study the long-term consequences of parental divorce in a
comparative perspective. Special attention is paid to the heterogeneity of the consequences …

Objective This study offers a new approach to analyzing life course inequalities and applies
it to the link between divorce and poverty. Background Previous research has suggested …

This chapter focuses on divorce and union dissolution in the Western countries. The
increases in marital instability are among the core features of family change known as the …

The socio-demographic profile of lone parents has changed in the last decades. Being
mostly widowed men and women or young single mothers until the 1970s, lone parents are …