Stykes J Bart, Guzzo Karen Benjamin
Department of Sociology at Sam Houston State University.
Department of Sociology at Bowling Green State University.
J Divorce Remarriage. 2020;61(7):504-524. doi: 10.1080/10502556.2020.1768494. Epub 2020 May 25.
The birth of a child can negatively impact relationship functioning, especially if one or both partners did not intend to have a child. As such, unintended or disagreed-upon births may elevate the risk of dissolution. In this paper, we use the National Survey of Family Growth to consider how married couples characterize the intendedness of their first birth and examine its linkage with dissolution. Nearly one-third of first marital births are unintended by at least one parent. When fathers do not intend the birth, regardless of whether or not mothers do, couples report an elevated risk of dissolution.
孩子的出生会对夫妻关系产生负面影响，尤其是当一方或双方都不想要孩子时。因此，意外生育或双方未达成共识的生育可能会增加婚姻解体的风险。在本文中，我们利用全国家庭成长调查来研究已婚夫妇如何描述他们头胎生育的意愿，并考察其与婚姻解体的关联。近三分之一的初婚生育至少有一方是意外的。当父亲不想要孩子时，无论母亲是否想要，夫妻双方报告的婚姻解体风险都会增加。
