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Minnesota Medicine Mar 2002A substantial number of female physicians marry fellow doctors, yet little is known about these dual-physician couples. In an effort to identify these couples, surveys...
A substantial number of female physicians marry fellow doctors, yet little is known about these dual-physician couples. In an effort to identify these couples, surveys were sent to 1,695 female physician members of the Minnesota Medical Association. Women who were or had been married to a physician were asked to complete the survey. The majority of women responding (n = 203) were between the ages of 36 and 45 and had married during medical school. Only a small percentage (11.3%) were divorced, and medicine was reported to play a role in 69.6% of those separations. Questions were asked regarding work and family life, and job satisfaction levels. Despite many positive responses to the questionnaire, some problems existed in these marriages. Overall, however, responses indicated that the advantages of being married to another physician for outweigh the disadvantages.
Topics: Adult; Divorce; Female; Humans; Job Satisfaction; Male; Marriage; Minnesota; Physicians, Women
PubMed: 11915527
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Journal of Biosocial Science Apr 1995Coital frequency is studied among couples as a function of marital or cohabiting status, relationship duration, number of children, religious affiliation, income,...
Coital frequency is studied among couples as a function of marital or cohabiting status, relationship duration, number of children, religious affiliation, income, education, fertility intentions, age, race, self-assessed health, time spent in work, and perceived relationship quality. Data are from the 1987-88 National Survey of Families and Households. Predictors of coital frequency that were stable across several analyses were male's and female's ages, the duration of the relationship, and the male partner's self-assessed health. When the discrepancy in partners' reports was adjusted, cohabitation status, number of children, future fertility intentions, religious affiliation, and relationship quality as assessed by the female partner were significant. The results suggest a substantial idiosyncratic component to the determination of coital frequency in relationships.
Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Coitus; Cross-Sectional Studies; Family Characteristics; Female; Humans; Incidence; Male; Marriage; Middle Aged; Social Environment; United States
PubMed: 7738077
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The Medical Journal of Malaysia Jun 2017Although the incidents of customary marriages are frequently reported in Pakistani press, yet no large scale community-based study has ever been conducted to gauge the...
BACKGROUND
Although the incidents of customary marriages are frequently reported in Pakistani press, yet no large scale community-based study has ever been conducted to gauge the magnitude of such marriages. The present study is the first-ever community based study on this topic.
METHODS
4,385 ever-married women, aged 18-83 years, from six rural districts, were interviewed to enquire about the types of their marriages. The data was collected through interviews conducted by trained female interviewers and analysed through SPSS-20.
RESULTS
Twelve percent marriages were the result of Vanni, Swara, Sang Chatti, Badal , Bazo i.e. to settle blood feuds; 58.7% were Watta-Satta / Pait Likhai i.e. exchange marriages and pledging a fetus; in 7.9% case bride was bought; 1.0% marriages were Badle-Sullah i.e to settle dispute other than murder and 0.1% women were married to Quran. The traditional marriages, where wishes of both families and consent of the couple to be married are also considered, constituted 20.3%. The prevalence of Vanni, Swara / Sang Chatti / Badal / Bazo was the highest in Balochistan (22-24%) followed by Sindh (5-17%) and the least in Punjab (0-4%). The other practices in Balochistan were selling the bride (10-17%), Badle-Sulah (3%) and marriage to Quran (1%). Watta Satta was most prevalent in Sindh (66-78%), where 3-13% brides were bought. In Punjab also Watta-Satta was common (44-47%), where 0.5-4% brides were bought and 0.3-3% marriages were Budle-Sullah.
CONCLUSIONS
Since laws against these harmful customs exist but are not applied forcefully, there is a great need to create massive awareness against such customs.
Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Culture; Ethnicity; Female; Humans; Interviews as Topic; Islam; Male; Marriage; Middle Aged; Pakistan; Rural Population; Young Adult
PubMed: 28733565
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The Journals of Gerontology. Series B,... Aug 2018Scholars have documented increases in the prevalence and complexity of stepfamilies earlier in the life course, but no one has systematically investigated U.S....
OBJECTIVES
Scholars have documented increases in the prevalence and complexity of stepfamilies earlier in the life course, but no one has systematically investigated U.S. stepfamily structure in later life. Guided by a family systems approach, we described the prevalence and composition of later-life stepfamilies.
METHOD
The analysis was based on 6,250 married and cohabiting couples participating in the 2012 Health and Retirement Study. We identified the prevalence of later-life stepfamilies, decomposed stepfamily structures, and compared the sociodemographic characteristics and relationship quality of the couples in stepfamilies with those in married families (with only joint children and no stepchildren), paying attention to differences between married and cohabiting stepfamilies.
RESULTS
Roughly 40% of middle-aged and older couples with children were in stepfamilies. Of all stepfamilies, 86% were married couples and 14% were cohabiting couples. Cohabiting stepfamilies more often included children from both partners' previous relationships, but couples in married stepfamilies more often had joint children. Cohabiting stepfamilies appeared to be the most socially and economically disadvantaged, followed by married stepfamilies, and lastly married families. Despite these compositional differences, partner relationship quality was largely similar across married families, married stepfamilies, and cohabiting stepfamilies.
DISCUSSION
This study underscores the high prevalence and complexity of later-life stepfamilies and foregrounds the urgency of additional research on this topic.
Topics: Age Factors; Aged; Family; Family Relations; Female; Humans; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Marriage; Middle Aged; Socioeconomic Factors; United States
PubMed: 29190365
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Violence and Victims 2016Intimate partner violence is a social and public health problem that is prevalent across the world. In many societies, power differentials in relationships, often...
Intimate partner violence is a social and public health problem that is prevalent across the world. In many societies, power differentials in relationships, often supported by social norms that promote gender inequality, lead to incidents of intimate partner violence. Among other factors, both a woman's years of education and educational differences between a woman and her partner have been shown to have an effect on her likelihood of experiencing intimate partner abuse. Using the 2010 Malawian Demographic and Health Survey data to analyze intimate partner violence among 3,893 married Malawian women and their husbands, this article focuses on understanding the effect of educational differences between husband and wife on the likelihood of physical and emotional abuse within a marriage. The results from logistic regression models show that a woman's level of education is a significant predictor of her likelihood of experiencing intimate partner violence by her current husband, but that this effect is contingent on her husband's level of education. This study demonstrates the need to educate men alongside of women in Malawi to help decrease women's risk of physical and emotional intimate partner violence.
Topics: Adult; Crime Victims; Educational Status; Female; Humans; Income; Intimate Partner Violence; Malawi; Male; Marriage; Middle Aged; Power, Psychological; Social Norms; Socioeconomic Factors; Young Adult
PubMed: 26645866
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-14-00016 -
Population Today Nov 1992
Topics: Americas; Developed Countries; Family Characteristics; Marital Status; Marriage; North America; United States; Widowhood
PubMed: 12286115
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Newsletter (Inter-African Committee on... Apr 1995
Topics: Adolescent; Africa; Age Factors; Child; Demography; Developing Countries; Marriage; Population; Population Characteristics
PubMed: 12157975
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Scandinavian Journal of Psychology Apr 2008This cross-sectional study investigated the perception and motivation of forgiveness among 785 heterosexually married adults from the Flanders region in Belgium. A...
This cross-sectional study investigated the perception and motivation of forgiveness among 785 heterosexually married adults from the Flanders region in Belgium. A descriptive analysis showed that, in general, the respondents have a rather positive perception of forgiveness. In the second phase of the study, a t-test showed evidence of a significant difference between the positive perception of forgiveness of the first-married and remarried adults. But on a gender level, there was no difference either in the positive or in the negative scales. This study has shown that the general forgiveness has significant (p < 0.001) positive correlation with the perception of forgiveness.
Topics: Adaptation, Psychological; Adult; Affect; Attitude; Belgium; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Humans; Interpersonal Relations; Male; Marriage; Middle Aged; Motivation; Perception; Personality Inventory; Psychometrics; Sex Distribution
PubMed: 18352985
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The Journal of the American Academy of... Sep 2017Clinical and forensic evaluators are often faced with the task of answering unique questions about capacity and competency. One seldom-discussed question is that of an...
Clinical and forensic evaluators are often faced with the task of answering unique questions about capacity and competency. One seldom-discussed question is that of an individual's capacity to marry. This article uses a case example as a framework for discussing the challenges of evaluating an individual's capacity to marry. We will set the background with legal history and then provide guidance for making this type of assessment.
Topics: Decision Making; Humans; Marriage; Mental Competency
PubMed: 28939725
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Tidsskrift For Den Norske Laegeforening... Jun 1999
Topics: Female; Humans; Interprofessional Relations; Male; Marriage; Physicians; Physicians, Women
PubMed: 10425891
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