Bulanda Jennifer Roebuck
Department of Sociology and Gerontology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA.
J Women Aging. 2011;23(1):3-22. doi: 10.1080/08952841.2011.540481.
This study uses data from the 1992 Health and Retirement Study to examine gender differences in marital power and marital quality among older adults and to assess whether there are gender differences in the correlates of marital quality and marital power in later life. Results show that women report lower marital happiness, marital interaction, and marital power than do men, on average. These differences persist even after controlling for a number of life-course events and transitions. Further, results show that gender differences are also evident in the relationship of employment, childrearing, caregiving, and health factors with marital quality and power.
本研究使用1992年健康与退休研究的数据，以检验老年人婚姻权力和婚姻质量方面的性别差异，并评估晚年婚姻质量和婚姻权力的相关因素中是否存在性别差异。结果显示，平均而言，女性报告的婚姻幸福感、婚姻互动和婚姻权力低于男性。即使在控制了一些生命历程事件和转变之后，这些差异仍然存在。此外，结果表明，在就业、育儿、照顾以及健康因素与婚姻质量和权力的关系中，性别差异也很明显。
