Marriageable Women: A Focus on Participants in a Community Healthy Marriage Program

Autor/inn/en	Manning, Wendy D.; Trella, Deanna; Lyons, Heidi; Du Toit, Nola Cora
Titel	Marriageable Women: A Focus on Participants in a Community Healthy Marriage Program
Quelle	In: Family Relations, 59 (2010) 1, S.87-102 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0197-6664
DOI	10.1111/j.1741-3729.2009.00588.x
Schlagwörter	Females; Physical Health; Marriage; Marital Status; Disadvantaged; Qualitative Research; Mental Health; Gender Issues; Substance Abuse; Economic Factors; Social Attitudes; Community Programs; Marital Satisfaction; Trust (Psychology) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Gesundheitszustand; Ehe; Familienstand; Qualitative Forschung; Psychohygiene; Geschlechterfrage; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Ökonomischer Faktor; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung
Abstract	Although disadvantaged women are the targets of marriage programs, little attention has been paid to women's marriage constraints and their views of marriage. Drawing on an exchange framework and using qualitative data collected from single women participating in a marriage initiative, we introduce the concept of marriageable women--the notion that certain limitations may make women poor marriage partners. Like their male counterparts, we find women also possess qualities that are not considered assets in the marriage market, such as economic constraints, mental and physical health issues, substance use, multiple partner fertility, and gender distrust. We also consider how women participating in a marriage program frame their marriage options, whereas a few opt out of the marriage market altogether. (As Provided).
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