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ey0017.15-10 | (1) | ESPEYB17

15.10. Parents’ marital quality and children’s transition to adulthood

SR Brauner-Otto , WG Axinn , DJ Ghimire

To read the full abstract: Demography 2020;57:195–220.These authors examined the long-term consequences for children of the emotional bond between parents. In a long-term Nepalese cohort, they find that children whose parents report strong marital affection and less spousal conflict attain higher levels of education and marry later than children whose parents behave differently.The evolutionary theory of socialization...