Cherlin A
Demography. 1977 Aug;14(3):265-72.
The relationship between the presence of children and divorce and separation is examined using data from the first four years of the National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor Market Experience in Women Aged 30 to 44. The data show that children were a deterrent to separation and divorce only when they were in the preschool ages. Once all the children in a family were in school, they did not seem to influence the probability of separation and divorce. It is suggested that the high costs of child care for preschool children, in terms of time, money, and effort, act as a deterrent to marital dissolution. The associations between several other social demographic variables and marital dissolution also are investigated.
利用全国30至44岁女性劳动力市场经历纵向调查前四年的数据，研究了子女的存在与离婚及分居之间的关系。数据表明，只有在子女处于学龄前阶段时，才会对分居和离婚起到抑制作用。一旦家庭中的所有子女都上学了，他们似乎就不会影响分居和离婚的可能性。研究表明，就时间、金钱和精力而言，照顾学龄前儿童的高昂成本对婚姻解体起到了抑制作用。还研究了其他几个社会人口变量与婚姻解体之间的关联。
