Regional Difference in Divorce in the United States.

Glenn, Norval D.; Shelton, Beth Ann

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ERIC Number: EJ325013

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Publication Date: 1985

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Regional Difference in Divorce in the United States.

Glenn, Norval D.; Shelton, Beth Ann

Journal of Marriage and the Family, v47 n3 p641-52 Aug 1985

The hypothesis that level of social integration is inversely related to level of marital dissolution is tested for Whites in the United States by use of census and survey data for the nine census regions. A negative indicator of social integration, called the Residential Mobility Index, is related to marital dissolution. (Author/BL)

Descriptors: Differences, Divorce, Regional Characteristics, Social Integration, Whites

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Language: English

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