Till marriage do us part: Adult children's relationships with their parents
Till marriage do us part: Adult children's relationships with their parents
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00487.x
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发表时间：
2008-05-01
影响因子：
6
通讯作者：
Gerstel, Naomi
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作者：
Sarkisian, Natalia;Gerstel, Naomi
虽然有些人强调婚姻的融合性，但另一些人认为婚姻破坏了与远亲的关系，包括年迈的父母。利用NSFH的数据（N = 6，108），我们发现已婚女性和男性的代际联系不如未婚和离婚者强烈：已婚者不太可能与父母住在一起，保持联系，并给予或接受情感，财务和实际帮助。即使我们控制了结构性特征，包括时间需求、需求和资源，以及人口统计学和大家庭特征，这些差异仍然存在。我们的结论是，婚姻是一个贪婪的制度，对妇女和男子。鉴于结构性解释的不足，我们建议应该探讨这种贪婪的文化解释。
Although some emphasize the integrative character of marriage, others argue that marriage undermines relations with extended kin, including aging parents. Utilizing NSFH data (N = 6,108), we find that married women and men have less intense intergenerational ties than the never married and the divorced: The married are less likely to live with parents, stay in touch, and give or receive emotional, financial, and practical help. These differences hold even when we control for structural characteristics, including time demands, needs and resources, and demographic and extended family characteristics. We conclude that marriage is a greedy institution for both women and men. Given the inadequacy of structural explanations, we suggest that cultural explanations for this greediness should be explored.