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Showing 1 to 20 of 46 for “"never married"”.
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Never married childless women
… career and relational experiences of never-married childless working women in mid-life, who regarded themselves as satisfied. Seven never-married women between the ages of 39 and 60 participated in this study. During individual, in-depth personal interviews which were audio-taped, the …
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Marital Attitudes of Never Married Black Women
… marriage on mental health of 18-45 year old never married Black women living in the United States. A cross-sectional web survey design using purposive sampling was employed. Four instruments were administered: a sociodemographic questionnaire; Marital Attitude Scale (MAS) to assess marital …
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Childhood Factors Influencing Elder Never-Married Women’s Avoidance Of Economic Vulnerability
… more than half the elderly in America. Elder never-married women make up only 5% of the female cohort but are the demographic most prone to poverty in old age and nearly half fall into economic vulnerability. However, some of this susceptible group have avoided economic vulnerability. Using …
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Personality Differences in Never-Married Versus Divorced Individuals In Later Life Using the NEO PI-R
… are significantly higher in divorced and never-married individuals compared to married individuals. Although personality pathology is elevated in these two groups, specific trait differences between the two are still unclear. In a large representative community sample: N = 1473) of older …
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Unclaimed flowers and blossoms protected by Thorns: never-married women in the United States, 1880-1930.
… female employment, and class. The number of never-married women in the United States grew between 1880 and 1920 as a result of the new employment opportunities that appeared in the decades following the Civil War. U.S. census data reveals that during these years the percent of forty-five to …
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A Cross-Cultural Study of Never-Married Chinese and American Adults' Mate Selection Perceptions and Criteria
… selection demand, between Chinese and American never-married heterosexual adults. The results indicated that the model fit the data well. Self-perceived relative mate selection position and relative mate selection demand were negatively correlated. Women had a higher relative mate selection …
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Choice, Chance, or Circumstance: A Qualitative Study of Never-Married and Once-Married Women's Marriage Beliefs in Midlife
… This study examined the core marriage beliefs of never-married and once-married child-free, midlife women and the ways in which those beliefs have evolved over time. The sample consisted of 10 women, 5 never-married and 5 once-married between the ages of 35 and 48. For the purposes of this …
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An Examination of Changing Perceptions of Singlehood.
… and the institution of marriage, how do never-married women fare? In particular, how do never-married women over the age of 30 navigate a social world where there is constant pressure to marry? This study explores the social experiences of never-married women over 30 residing in Eastern …
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Marital Status and Happiness, 1972-1996
Several studies indicate that married persons have higher levels of happiness that persons in other marital categories. In recent years, there has been some debate over whether marriage still involves significant advantages. In 1988, a study by Glenn and Weaver using U.S. national survey data, …
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Understanding How Young High Functioning African American Women Perceive Marriage and Their Thoughts About Remaining Single
The number of African American women who have never married has increased significantly. This is an ethnographic study of eight Young High Functioning (YHF) African American women from the Washington, D.C. and New York City metropolitan areas. Six of the women participated in focus groups and two …
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The impact of acculturation level and marital status on infant health and maternal education among California resident Hispanics
… In Model 1, marital status includes the values never married or ever married. In Model 2, married and cohabiting women are grouped together and compared with women who neither have married nor cohabited. Logistic regression was used to determine the effect of these independent variables on the …
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The Interspecies Family: Attitudes and Narratives
… level. Men who are currently or have ever been married are less likely to count pets as family than never married men. Second, I conducted 32 semi-structured, in-depth interviews with 39 people during 2014-2015 in Central Florida to understand how people who count their cats and dogs as family …
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Leaving lone parenthood: analysis of the repartnering patterns of lone mothers in the U.K.
… through the birth of a child whilst single and never-married. Of particular interest is the effect of these different routes of entry into lone motherhood on the timing and determinants of repartnering and the types of new unions formed. The second part of the study seeks to identify if …
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Situation comedies and the single woman on television
Through an historical overview of the never-married female character in twentieth century situation comedies and an in-depth analysis of three twenty-first century American sitcoms, this dissertation investigates how television creators, writers, producers, and actors have interpreted the figure of …
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Readiness for lifelong learning of volunteers affiliated with a 4-H youth development program in the southern region of the United States
… $100,000” in yearly net income and being “single never married” reduced the overall readiness for lifelong learning score.
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Elise Reimarus (1735--1805), the Muse of Hamburg: A Woman of the German Enlightenment
… of university studies in Germany and abroad. Never married, she accumulated extensive experience as an educator herself. Her educational writings, which the renowned pedagogue Joachim Heinrich Campe published, proved to be a major factor for the phenomenal success of the latter's Kleine …
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Perceptions of Retired Public School Teachers Regarding Retirement: Implications for Preretirement Planning
… had moved since retiring, 46 percent were married, 34.5 percent were widowed, and 11.6 percent had never married. A total of 559 comments were volunteered by respondents regarding relocation, concerns and attractions, and for the hypothetical context of "what would I do …
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Assessing Perceived Marriage Education Needs and Interests of Latino Individuals in Utah County, Utah
… for marriage education among single and married Latino individuals residing in Utah County, Utah as well as the identification of common themes and differences for this population. Male and female groups at various points in the marital developmental life stage were studied including high …
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Correlates and consequences of physical activity among single mothers
… Participants (N = 94) were single (i.e., never married, divorced/separated, or widowed), not living with a partner, aged 18 – 50 years, not pregnant, with at least one child under 5 years old. Participants completed a packet of SCT questionnaires (i.e., self-efficacy, outcome expectations, …
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The single parent family : a sociological study of the socio-economic problems facing single parents in Port Elizabeth
… included the widowed, divorced, separated and unmarried / single parents, as well as , the legal adoption of children by a single (never-married) person. A questionnaire, similar to the. one used in Pretoria, was constructed using both structured categories and' explorative questions. These …
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