Does the Transition to Grandparenthood Deter Gray Divorce? A Test of the Braking Hypothesis.
aging
life transitions
marital stability
marriage
Journal
Social forces; a scientific medium of social study and interpretation
ISSN: 0037-7732
Titre abrégé: Soc Forces
Pays: England
ID NLM: 20810070R
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Mar 2021
Mar 2021
Historique:
received:
09
08
2019
revised:
08
02
2020
accepted:
06
03
2020
entrez:
19
1
2021
pubmed:
20
1
2021
medline:
20
1
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The gray divorce rate, which describes divorce among individuals aged 50 and older, has doubled since 1990. Extending prior research that showed the transition to parenthood has a "braking effect" on divorce, we examined whether the transition to grandparenthood, an emotionally meaningful midlife event that typically renews midlife marriages, exerts an analogous "braking effect" on gray divorce. Using panel data from the 1998-2014 Health and Retirement Study, we found that becoming biological grandparents has a large deterrent effect on gray divorce that persists even after accounting for a host of other factors known to be associated with divorce. However, the transition to step grandparenthood has no protective effect on gray divorce. Our study demonstrates the importance of the larger family system and in particular the life webs connecting the generations for promoting marital stability among midlife couples.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33462540
doi: 10.1093/sf/soaa030
pii: soaa030
pmc: PMC7801255
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
1209-1232Subventions
Organisme : NICHD NIH HHS
ID : P2C HD050959
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.
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