So happy together Examining the association between relationship happiness, socio-economic status, and family transitions in the UK.
So happy together Examining the association between relationship happiness, socio-economic status, and family transitions in the UK.
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在一起很开心 检查英国的关系幸福、社会经济地位和家庭转变之间的关系。
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10.1080/00324728.2021.1984549
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2022
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Perelli-Harris B
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Perelli-Harris B
The increases in cohabitation and in childbearing within cohabitation raise questions about who marries. Most studies have found that childbearing within cohabitation is associated with disadvantage; here, we examine the role of relationship happiness and whether it helps to explain this association. Using the UK Household Longitudinal Study (2009–17), our competing risk hazard models follow respondents as they transition: (1) from cohabitation into marriage or childbearing; and (2) from marriage or cohabitation into childbearing. We find that marriage risks are highest among individuals who are happiest with their relationship. On average, the association between relationship quality and childbearing operates through marriage: the happiest individuals marry, and those who marry have children. While higher socio-economic status is weakly associated with marriage, conception, and separation, the associations do not differ by relationship happiness. The findings indicate that overall, relationship happiness appears to be most salient for transitions into marriage.