Parents' Expectations about Childrearing after Divorce: Does Anticipating Difficulty Deter Divorce?

Autor/inn/en	Poortman, Anne-Rigt; Seltzer, Judith A.
Titel	Parents' Expectations about Childrearing after Divorce: Does Anticipating Difficulty Deter Divorce?
Quelle	In: Journal of Marriage and Family, 69 (2007) 1, S.254-269 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-2445
DOI	10.1111/j.1741-3737.2006.00357.x
Schlagwörter	Family Characteristics; Costs; Child Rearing; Mothers; Fathers; Divorce; National Surveys; Decision Making; Parent Attitudes; Economic Factors; National Survey of Families and Households + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cost; Kosten; Kindererziehung; Mother; Mutter; Ehescheidung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Elternverhalten; Ökonomischer Faktor
Abstract	Divorce is costly for parents because of the challenges of meeting children's economic and socioemotional needs after separation. Using the National Survey of Families and Households (N = 1,935), we investigate whether expected economic and parenting costs deter divorce. Mothers expect higher economic costs than fathers, whereas fathers expect more parenting difficulties. Most parents, however, expect high economic and parenting costs. In a large minority of families, mothers and fathers differ in their expected costs. Parenting costs deter divorce, but economic costs do not once other family characteristics are controlled. When parents disagree, mothers' parenting concerns are a greater barrier to divorce than fathers' concerns. Finally, parenting costs are a greater barrier to divorce for unhappy than happy couples. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10