Previous research has suggested that a new marriage gradient has emerged in the United States, with marriage becoming … in the marriage gradient among 25 European countries, using multilevel models. The focus is on the chances of living in a … married. For men, the educational effect on marriage is absent in traditional countries but becomes positive as gender roles …

To test the existence of the “magic moment” for parental marriage immediately post-birth and to inform policies that … preferentially encourage biological over stepparent marriage, this study estimates the incidence and stability of maternal marriage …. By age 15, 29 % of children born nonmaritally experienced a biological-father marriage, and 36 % experienced a stepfather …

Previous studies have shown that the risk of divorce is low during the first months of marriage; it then increases …, the analysis supports the rising-falling pattern of divorce by marriage duration: the risk of marital dissolution …