Intergenerational transmission of marital quality and marital instability

We used longitudinal data involving parents and children to investigate the intergenerational transmission of marital quality and instability and the effects of parental divorce on children's marital quality. Results indicate d that parental divorce increased daughters' likelihood of divorce, that sa me life course factors mediate the intergenerational transmission of divorc e, that parental divorce had little impact on children's marital quality, a nd that the transmission of marital quality is moderated by parent and chil d gender. We discussed possible mechanisms for the intergenerational transm issions of marital instability and marital quality.