THE RESOLUTIONS OF SEPARATION - ARE MARITAL RECONCILIATIONS ATTEMPTED

Authors
Citation
H. Wineberg, THE RESOLUTIONS OF SEPARATION - ARE MARITAL RECONCILIATIONS ATTEMPTED, Population research and policy review, 15(3), 1996, pp. 297-310
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Demografy
ISSN journal
01675923
Volume
15
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
297 - 310
Database
ISI
SICI code
0167-5923(1996)15:3<297:TROS-A>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
This study, using 1987-88 National Survey of Families and Households d ata, has examined the prevalence and characteristics of ever-separated white women who attempt a marital reconciliation. Marital reconciliat ions are quite common as 44% of the separated women attempt a reconcil iation. There is some support for the thesis that those with the fewes t resources and greatest reliance on the relationship are the most lik ely to attempt a reconciliation. In comparing these findings with prev ious research on the marital dissolution process, there is little cons istency in the relationship that the sociodemographic variables have w ith attempting a reconciliation and with the success of an attempted r econciliation. The implications of these findings are discussed.