The educational diffusion of divorce: The role of gender and context

IF 2.7 1区社会学 Q1 FAMILY STUDIES

Journal of Marriage and Family Pub Date : 2024-03-30 DOI:10.1111/jomf.12980

Bram Hogendoorn, Lonneke van den Berg

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Abstract

Objective

This study examines the educational diffusion of divorce in Europe and the role of women's decision-making therein.

Background

As the contextual barriers to divorce have lowered, the divorce rates of less-educated women have increased in many societies. Changes in divorce barriers are likely more pertinent to married women than to married men. However, no previous study has tested whether less-educated women increasingly take the initiative to divorce or whether less-educated women are increasingly left by their husbands.

Method

The authors used retrospective panel data from the Generations and Gender Survey, covering 39,650 marital unions across 49 country-cohort contexts in Europe. Multilevel models showed how divorce barriers were associated with the educational gradient in divorce. Competing-risks models decomposed the associations into a wife-initiated share and a husband- or jointly-initiated share.

Results

Lower divorce barriers are associated with the educational diffusion of divorce. This diffusion is largely driven by women's own divorce initiation.

Conclusion

More permissive family norms and greater economic autonomy enable less-educated women to leave a dissatisfying marriage.

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离婚教育的传播：性别和环境的作用

本研究探讨了欧洲离婚的教育普及情况以及妇女在离婚决策中的作用。随着离婚障碍的减少，许多社会中受教育程度较低的妇女的离婚率有所上升。与已婚男性相比，离婚障碍的变化对已婚女性的影响可能更大。作者使用了 "世代与性别调查"（Generations and Gender Survey）的回顾性面板数据，涵盖了欧洲 49 个国家组群背景下的 39650 对婚姻。多层次模型显示了离婚障碍与离婚的教育梯度之间的关系。竞争风险模型将这种关联分解为妻子主动离婚的份额和丈夫或双方共同主动离婚的份额。更宽松的家庭规范和更大的经济自主权使受教育程度较低的妇女能够离开令人不满的婚姻。

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12.20

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6.70%

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期刊介绍： For more than 70 years, Journal of Marriage and Family (JMF) has been a leading research journal in the family field. JMF features original research and theory, research interpretation and reviews, and critical discussion concerning all aspects of marriage, other forms of close relationships, and families.In 2009, an institutional subscription to Journal of Marriage and Family includes a subscription to Family Relations and Journal of Family Theory & Review.