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{"title":"Does perceived gender conflict shape young Koreans' attitudes toward marriage and childbearing?","authors":"Min-Ah Lee,&nbsp;Rira Song,&nbsp;Juyeon Park","doi":"10.1111/jomf.13106","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.13106","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study examines how perceived gender conflict relates to attitudes toward marriage and childbearing among never-married childless young adults in South Korea, with a focus on gender differences.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Since the young feminist movement in South Korea emerged around 2015, gender conflict has become a significant social issue. This heightened perception of gender conflict may exert an influence on young adults' views on marriage and childbearing.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Method</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The study used data from the 2022 Comprehensive Survey on Youth; a nationally representative survey of Koreans aged 19–34. Logistic regression techniques were employed for analysis.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Young adults in South Korea are less likely to have positive attitudes toward marriage and childbearing as perceived gender conflict increases, and this association is more pronounced in women than in men.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Increased perception of gender conflict correlates with negative attitudes toward marriage and childbearing, potentially accelerating the trend toward fewer marriages and a lower fertility rate among young Koreans. Young women, in particular, may be more inclined to reject marriage and childbearing in a gender-unequal society facing a significant backlash.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48440,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Marriage and Family","volume":"87 4","pages":"1816-1832"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jomf.13106","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144525008","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Same-sex marriage legislation and implementation: Marital intention and barriers for marriage actualization among same-sex couples in Asia","authors":"Eliz Miu Yin Wong","doi":"10.1111/jomf.13095","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.13095","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This paper explores the power and limits of same-sex marriage legislation by examining the rationales behind same-sex couples' marital intentions and barriers to actualization in Asian societies.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Marriage equality is seen as a milestone for lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, and plus (LGBQ+) rights. However, beyond its symbolic importance, how does this policy affect LGBQ+ people's lives?</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Method</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>A mixed-method comparative study, with 647 survey responses and 70 interviews, was conducted with LGBQ+ people in committed same-sex relationships who live in Taipei (the first in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage) and Hong Kong (without the policy).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Legal protection is one of the pivotal reasons behind same-sex couples' marital intentions. However, the policy implementation might jeopardize their privacy and expose them to discrimination. The increase in visibility associated with Taiwan's documentation systems and public debates make LGBQ+ people feel as though they were “living under the spotlight,” invoking unwanted and unfriendly attention from strangers and co-workers. Paradoxically, despite the lack of legal protection, LGBQ+ people in Hong Kong could “live in the shadows” to avoid negative consequences amidst unfriendly environments.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Same-sex marriage legalization can be a double-edged sword; it provides legal protection while bringing challenges for same-sex couples. This study contributes to the literature on LGBQ+ rights after marriage equality and sexual citizenship beyond the Global North.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Implications</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Documentation systems in Taiwan that reveal one's marital status and sexual orientation demonstrate the need for privacy considerations and address the unique situation of LGBQ+ people when implementing same-sex marriage.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48440,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Marriage and Family","volume":"87 4","pages":"1407-1432"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jomf.13095","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144525101","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Maternal sleep, coparenting quality, and parenting across the first 2 years postpartum","authors":"Liu Bai,&nbsp;Brian Crosby,&nbsp;Douglas M. Teti","doi":"10.1111/jomf.13094","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.13094","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study examined the between- and within-person associations between maternal sleep patterns and parenting quality across the first 2 years postpartum, with a particular interest in the moderating role of coparenting quality.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Parents are at high risk for poor sleep health during the postpartum period. However, little is known about the influences of parental sleep on parenting and whether the sleep-parenting linkage is qualified by family factors, such as coparenting relationships.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Method</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The sample included 152 families with healthy, full-term infants. At 1, 3, 6, 9, 12, 18, and 24 months postpartum, maternal sleep was assessed via actigraphy, maternal parenting was observed during infant bedtime, and coparenting relationships were reported by mothers.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Multilevel modeling revealed that low maternal variability in sleep duration and high perceived coparenting were each predictive of high parenting quality at the between-person level. Poorer sleep quality (i.e., longer wake after sleep onset, higher fragmentation) was predictive of lower parenting at the between-person level, only in mothers with lower coparenting perceptions than others. The combination of earlier sleep onset time and higher coparenting perceptions was predictive of higher parenting at both the within- and between-person levels.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The findings indicated that parenting may benefit the most when both the maternal sleep–wake system and coparenting system provide support and might be most compromised when both systems produce stress.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48440,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Marriage and Family","volume":"87 4","pages":"1502-1523"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jomf.13094","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144524782","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Parental burnout and mental health across COVID-19 parenting circumstances: A person-centered approach","authors":"Margaret L. Kerr,&nbsp;Inés Botto,&nbsp;Erika Gonzalez,&nbsp;Sydney Aronson","doi":"10.1111/jomf.13093","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.13093","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study adopted a person-centered approach to exploring whether parental burnout, mental health, and their associations varied across different combinations of parenting circumstances (e.g., children's ages, employment, childcare).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Parental burnout is linked to parents' mental health, but only weakly linked with demographic characteristics, such as age or number of children. However, most research has examined single characteristics in isolation, overlooking how combined characteristics influence parents' balance of parenting risks and resources. The COVID-19 pandemic provided a novel context for understanding links between parenting circumstances, mental health, and parental burnout.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Method</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We collected two waves of data in 2020 from 522 parents with a child 12 years or younger. Parents self-reported their demographic characteristics (e.g., family structure, childcare, employment), mental health, and parental burnout symptoms.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Latent class analysis generated five classes that varied primarily across child age and parents' work status. Furloughed parents with young children had the highest burnout and mental health symptoms at both waves. For remote workers with young children and in-person workers with multi-aged children, T1 mental health predicted T2 parental burnout. For stay-at-home parents and remote workers with older children, T1 parental burnout predicted T2 mental health.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Our results suggested that parental burnout, more than mental health, varied based on groups of parenting circumstances, and links between parental burnout and mental health may be context dependent.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48440,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Marriage and Family","volume":"87 4","pages":"1482-1501"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jomf.13093","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144525215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Tracking types of non-parents in the United States","authors":"Jennifer Watling Neal,&nbsp;Zachary P. Neal","doi":"10.1111/jomf.13097","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.13097","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Efforts to document different types of non-parents have distinguished those who are voluntarily childless, involuntarily childless, and temporarily childless. However, an expanded approach is needed to incorporate the role of non-biological children and to classify individuals who do not want children despite infecundity or who are undecided about wanting children.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study operationalizes the Attitudes, Behavior, and Circumstances (ABC) framework for application to the US National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) data and examines demographics and trends in types of non-parents that differ in their attitudes and circumstances surrounding having children.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Using data collected in each wave of the NSFG since 2002, this study classifies non-parents into six types: childfree, biologically childless, socially childless, not yet parents, ambivalent, and undecided. It then presents weighted estimates of the prevalence and demographic composition of each type.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The NSFG contains sufficient information to classify 99.38% of all respondents, with not yet parents consistently ranked as the most common type and childfree individuals consistently ranked as the second most common type. From 2002 to 2022–2023, there is evidence of a decline in the prevalence of not yet parents and an increase in the prevalence of childfree, undecided, and ambivalent individuals.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Using the ABC framework to operationalize types of non-parents in the NSFG can complement existing approaches to classifying non-parents.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48440,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Marriage and Family","volume":"87 4","pages":"1747-1762"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jomf.13097","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144524544","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Latent profiles of Koreans' attitudes toward alternatives to traditional marital formation","authors":"Jaerim Lee,&nbsp;Jane Park,&nbsp;Seohee Son","doi":"10.1111/jomf.13098","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.13098","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Despite conceptual differences between alternatives <i>to</i> traditional marital formation and alternatives <i>within</i> traditional marriage, exclusive empirical attention to the former has been restricted. We aimed to identify the latent profiles of attitudes toward alternatives to traditional marital formation among South Koreans, including voluntary singlehood, same-sex marriage (SSM), nonmarital sex, nonmarital births, cohabitation, and domestic partnership and to examine the demographic factors that predict profile membership.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Traditionally, getting married was a required life event in Korea that must occur within a different-sex partner relationship prior to intercourse, childbirth, and living together. However, alternative partnerships and non-partnerships have become visible due to attitude changes. In this context, attitudes toward alternatives to traditional marital formation may vary among Koreans.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Method</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We conducted latent profile analysis using a sample of 1584 Koreans aged 20–64 years from the 2023 Seoul Family Survey.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We identified four profiles: centrists who oppose SSM (38.0%), conservatives (27.3%), centrists across all alternatives (20.9%), and progressives (13.8%). Centrists who oppose SSM were relatively positive toward voluntary singlehood, nonmarital sex, and cohabitation; neutral toward nonmarital births and domestic partnerships; and negative toward SSM. Conservatives had relatively traditional attitudes with notable opposition to SSM. Centrists across all alternatives were neutral toward all the alternatives including SSM. Finally, progressives were the most positive toward all alternatives with the lowest score for nonmarital births. Gender, age, marital status, education, and having a religion predicted profile membership.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The findings show variation in attitudes toward partnerships beyond traditional marriage in an East Asian context.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48440,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Marriage and Family","volume":"87 4","pages":"1387-1406"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jomf.13098","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144524546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Exploring African American marital strengths during COVID-19","authors":"Lori Nixon Bethea","doi":"10.1111/jomf.13096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.13096","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This qualitative study set out to explore the phenomenological experiences of eight African American married couples during COVID-19 and identified strengths that were used to manage marital challenges.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>African American marital relationships have been historically stereotyped as dysfunctional. Past literature has taken a deficit perspective toward these relationships. During the COVID-19 pandemic, African Americans experienced hardships at disproportionate rates, and marital strengths and resiliency were also tested.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Through snowball sampling, eight African American couples were recruited to participate in this study. Couples were interviewed on Zoom using unstructured interview questions.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Using descriptive phenomenological analysis, four essential themes were identified among the couples. These themes were the following: Intentional time brought us closer together, positive communication solves problems, a shared vision keeps us focused on our goals, and faith is our strength.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The research findings gained from this study can provide insight to marriage and family professionals working with this population by increasing their insight and awareness about the marital strengths and resiliency utilized by African Americans during the pandemic.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48440,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Marriage and Family","volume":"87 4","pages":"1800-1815"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144524889","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Estimating the percentage of men who are childfree using the National Survey of Family Growth: A comment on Bozick (2023)","authors":"Zachary P. Neal,&nbsp;Jennifer Watling Neal","doi":"10.1111/jomf.13092","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.13092","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This comment aims to clarify trends in the percentage of men in the United States who are childfree (i.e., do not have and do not want children).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Bozick (2023, <i>Journal of Marriage and Family</i>, <i>85</i>(1), 293–304) used data from the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) to examine trends in the percentage of men who are childfree during the first two decades of the 2000s, concluding that there was a considerable increase. However, these percentages were computed incorrectly.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Method</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Data from the NSFG are reanalyzed, ensuring comparable sample universes by age, correctly applying sampling weights, and including data from 2002.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Following a small decline between 2006 and 2015 (10.7%–12.1%), the percent of men who were childfree between 2015 and 2019 (14.2%–15.7%) returned to the levels observed in 2002 (14.3%).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Bozick's (2023, <i>Journal of Marriage and Family</i>, <i>85</i>(1), 293–304) original conclusion that the percentage of men who are childfree has grown considerably is inconsistent with these revised analyses.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Implications</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Childfree men, and childfree adults in general, are a large and understudied demographic group that warrants greater attention, but researchers should exercise caution when studying trends in childfree prevalence.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48440,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Marriage and Family","volume":"87 4","pages":"1763-1766"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144524941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Educational gap between partners and sterilization","authors":"Kate H. Choi","doi":"10.1111/jomf.13091","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.13091","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study compares the sterilization behavior of couples with varying joint education levels and union types.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>A couple's joint education levels affect the resources available to them and the power dynamics within the relationship; they also help determine which spouse takes primary responsibility for the couple's fertility work. However, few studies have examined how couples' sterilization behavior differs according to their joint education levels and union type.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Using data from the 2006–2019 National Survey of Family Growth, this study estimated multinomial logistic regression models to predict the relative risk of relying on female sterilization, male sterilization, or reversible contraception for couples with varying joint education levels and union type.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Married and cohabiting couples with higher joint levels of education were less likely than their lesser-educated counterparts to rely on female sterilization. Married couples with higher joint levels of education were more likely than their lesser-educated counterparts to rely on male sterilization. However, for cohabiting couples, disparities in reliance on male sterilization differed little according to their joint levels of education.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Future studies should consider how male and female partners' education interact to affect their sterilization behavior. When they do, they should consider their relative and absolute levels of education.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48440,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Marriage and Family","volume":"87 4","pages":"1727-1746"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jomf.13091","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144524940","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mate preferences and marriage-related behaviors: The case of Japan","authors":"Yuko Hara,&nbsp;Wei-hsin Yu","doi":"10.1111/jomf.13088","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.13088","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study examines contributors to mate preferences and their changes, as well as behaviors corresponding to mate preferences in Japan, where mate preferences likely play a role in its steady marriage decline.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Mate preferences are believed to guide mate selection processes. However, previous research has not adequately explained how individuals' circumstances contribute to shifts in preferences and how such shifts are linked to partnering behaviors, including partner-seeking actions and marriage formation.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Method</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study employs 11 years of data (<i>N</i> = 8946) from the Japanese Life Course Panel Survey. Random-effects, fixed-effects, and discrete-time proportional hazard models are used to uncover gender disparities in mate preferences, factors associated with changes in these preferences, and links between mate preferences and partnering behaviors.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Women express more preferred characteristics in potential partners and are more likely than men to consider a partner's financial prospects as important. They are also unlikely to compromise on the mate's income with changes in partnering opportunities. Single men's preferences are somewhat more malleable. Moreover, identifying more mate-selection criteria is associated with a more active partner search, especially when individuals are eager to marry, but having many criteria slows the transition to marriage.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Japanese women's high and unwavering mate preferences likely reflect the rigid gender roles and high stakes of marriage they face. The negative relationship between insisting on many, especially gendered, mate preferences and marriage formation suggests that Japan's gender context discourages marriage formation through fostering singles' insistence on certain mate preferences.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48440,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Marriage and Family","volume":"87 4","pages":"1361-1386"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jomf.13088","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144524847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}