Entry:

Lach, Jennifer, “The Consequences of Divorce,” American Demographics, 21 (October, 1999), 14.


Abstract:

Children of divorce are over 2.5 times less likely to end their own marriages than children from intact families, a reversal of trends from the 1970s. However, fewer children of divorce are marrying and those who are do so at a much later age.

GSS Years:

1972-94

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
AGE

AGE OF RESPONDENT

MARITAL

MARITAL STATUS

EDUC

HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED

RACE

RACE OF RESPONDENT

SEX

RESPONDENTS SEX

SISNUM

NUMBER OF ADULT SISTERS

BRONUM

NUMBER OF ADULT BROTHERS

COHABIT

DID R LIVE WITH SPOUSE BEFORE MARRIAGE

DIVORCE

EVER BEEN DIVORCED OR SEPARATED

EVDIV

HAS R EVER BEEN DIVORCED

FAMDIF16

REASON NOT LIVING WITH PARENTS