The age at which women enter first marriage is known to be a major factor in marital instability. But to date possible … differences by race/ethnicity in the shape of the curve relating women's age at entry into first marriage to marital instability ….We suggest explanations for these patterns based in part on differentials in the associations of age at marriage with education …

for other Western countries. Using 1995–2015 Dutch marriage registry data, we show that daughters are associated with … Survey Marriage and Fertility Supplements …

should be positively associated with marriage probability for those single people who expect to marry a higher earning spouse …. These predictions are tested using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979. Marriage and divorce … marriage is used as a proxy for divorce risk …