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They Should Say "I Don't": Norms About Midpregnancy Marriage and Job Loss.

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Gibson-Davis, CM; Vernot, C; Butler, M; Hall, N; Taylor, L; Eastwood, K; Zhang, X
Published in: Journal of marriage and the family
April 2017

This study examined effects of local economic conditions on individuals' attitudes toward midpregnancy marriages using an experimental vignette method. Adults (N = 460) were each shown two vignettes about a hypothetical couple expecting a baby; within each vignette pair, vignettes randomly varied as to whether the couple lived in a community that had recently experienced job losses or had stable employment. Respondents indicated if the couple should and will get married before the baby's birth. Results showed that worse local economic conditions led people to believe that marriage would be less common. Among more socio-economically disadvantaged respondents, if the hypothetical couple lived in a community with job loss, fewer respondents also thought that the couple should marry. In contrast, among more socioeconomically advantaged respondents, slightly more respondents thought that the couple should marry. When economic conditions worsen, low-socioeconomic-status individuals may believe that financial prerequisites for marriage become harder to meet.

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Journal of marriage and the family

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EISSN

1741-3737

ISSN

0022-2445

Publication Date

April 2017

Volume

79

Issue

2

Start / End Page

405 / 418

Related Subject Headings

  • Family Studies
  • 5203 Clinical and health psychology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
  • 4410 Sociology
  • 2204 Religion and Religious Studies
  • 1701 Psychology
  • 1603 Demography
 

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Gibson-Davis, C. M., Vernot, C., Butler, M., Hall, N., Taylor, L., Eastwood, K., & Zhang, X. (2017). They Should Say "I Don't": Norms About Midpregnancy Marriage and Job Loss. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 79(2), 405–418. https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12379
Gibson-Davis, Christina M., Corey Vernot, Maggie Butler, Natalie Hall, Lauren Taylor, Katherine Eastwood, and Xinri Zhang. “They Should Say "I Don't": Norms About Midpregnancy Marriage and Job Loss.Journal of Marriage and the Family 79, no. 2 (April 2017): 405–18. https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12379.
Gibson-Davis CM, Vernot C, Butler M, Hall N, Taylor L, Eastwood K, et al. They Should Say "I Don't": Norms About Midpregnancy Marriage and Job Loss. Journal of marriage and the family. 2017 Apr;79(2):405–18.
Gibson-Davis, Christina M., et al. “They Should Say "I Don't": Norms About Midpregnancy Marriage and Job Loss.Journal of Marriage and the Family, vol. 79, no. 2, Apr. 2017, pp. 405–18. Epmc, doi:10.1111/jomf.12379.
Gibson-Davis CM, Vernot C, Butler M, Hall N, Taylor L, Eastwood K, Zhang X. They Should Say "I Don't": Norms About Midpregnancy Marriage and Job Loss. Journal of marriage and the family. 2017 Apr;79(2):405–418.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of marriage and the family

DOI

EISSN

1741-3737

ISSN

0022-2445

Publication Date

April 2017

Volume

79

Issue

2

Start / End Page

405 / 418

Related Subject Headings

  • Family Studies
  • 5203 Clinical and health psychology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
  • 4410 Sociology
  • 2204 Religion and Religious Studies
  • 1701 Psychology
  • 1603 Demography