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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Fertility and Marital Dissolution Among Young American Women (Hazards, Family)

Abstract

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The focus of this research is on the impact of childbearing upon the likelihood of marital dissolution during the first ten years of marriage. The birth of the first child causes numerous shifts in spousal roles, the household division of labor, time for leisure activities, and economic demands. Children also constitute a unique type of marital-specific capital, capital of greater value in the marriage than if the marriage were to dissolve.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Sociology
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2014

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Woodrow, Karen Ann

Subjects

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Identifiers

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Identifier
(UMI)AAI8409852
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/70999

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Last updated
2026-07-22
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citation

Woodrow, Karen Ann. Fertility and Marital Dissolution Among Young American Women (Hazards, Family). Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/70999