reliance on gender socialization theory and a focus on straight (i.e., heterosexual) marriage. We extend this work with an …

Recently, researchers have challenged the basic tenet that marriage is universally protective for all individuals. We … scrutinize socio-economic differences between married couples to shed light on the mechanisms underlying the effects of marriage … accumulation of cultural health capital proceeds at the marriage level when partners provide each other with health …

support by the partner, time restrictions and the release from the marriage market. Data were obtained from the German Socio … and marriage on physical activity became weaker with increasing age and shifted to positive impacts. For women, the … negative effect of marriage on physical activity also decreased but stayed negative into old age. The results suggest that the …

marriage has important positive consequences for health habits, recent work emphasizes that intimate ties can also deter from … promoted in marriage. Moreover, little research explores how unhealthy habits are promoted in intimate ties other than marriage …

marriage does. We studied levels and changes in cohabiters' mental health five years before and five years after entering into … marriage or separating, and compared long-term non-married and married cohabiters. We analysed changes in the three … positive effect of approaching marriage was observed only among women. Compared to continuous cohabiters, the level of …

settling permanently in cities. However, urban registration can be acquired through marriage and many rural females now acquire …

practice conflicts with the norms of fidelity and trust, which regulate marriage. The alternative interpretation of condom use … and women towards condom use with their spouses, and their actual use of condoms within marriage, are affected by their … condom use as an HIV-preventive behavior will not make this practice more acceptable within marriage, while social acceptance …