Marriage Trajectories and Health Risk Behaviors throughout Adulthood among Urban African Americans

Autor/inn/en	Green, Kerry M.; Doherty, Elaine E.; Fothergill, Kate E.; Ensminger, Margaret E.
Titel	Marriage Trajectories and Health Risk Behaviors throughout Adulthood among Urban African Americans
Quelle	In: Journal of Family Issues, 33 (2012) 12, S.1595-1618 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0192-513X
DOI	10.1177/0192513X11432429
Schlagwörter	Females; Health Behavior; Drug Abuse; Marriage; At Risk Persons; Urban Areas; African Americans; Resilience (Psychology); Racial Factors; Marital Satisfaction; Longitudinal Studies; Smoking; Drinking; Age Differences; Mental Health; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Poverty; Mothers; Fathers; Educational Attainment; Family Structure; Depression (Psychology); Physical Health; Adolescents; Dropouts; Illinois + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Ehe; Risikogruppe; Urban area; Stadtregion; Afroamerikaner; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Rauchen; Trinken; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Psychohygiene; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Armut; Mother; Mutter; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Gesundheitszustand; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen
Abstract	Although previous studies have identified a protective effect of marriage on risky health behaviors, gaps remain in our understanding of how marriage improves health, particularly among African Americans. This study uses longitudinal data to take selection into account and examines whether marital trajectories that incorporate timing, stability, and duration of marriage affect health risk behaviors among a community cohort of urban African Americans followed for 35 years (N = 1,049). For both men and women, we find six marital trajectories. Men and women in consistently married trajectories are less likely to smoke, drink heavily (women only), and use illegal drugs than those in unmarried or previously married trajectories. Late marrying men do not fare worse in midlife than men in earlier marrying trajectories, but late marrying women show increased risk of midlife drug use. Results suggest policies supporting marriage may have an impact on health but only if stable unions are achieved. (Contains 4 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10