Sex Role Ideology, Marital Status, and Happiness

Research suggests that women's, but not men's, sex role ideology may be negatively related to marital happiness and stability. Analysis of General Social Survey data from 1974 to 1986 supports that proposition. Nontraditional women are less happy and more likely to be separated or divorced...

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Published in:Journal of family issues 1989-09, Vol.10 (3), p.383-400
Main Authors: LUEPTOW, LLOYD B., GUSS, MARGARET B., HYDEN, COLLEEN
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Divorce
Female roles
Females
Gender roles
Happiness
Ideologies
Ideology
Marital Satisfaction
Marital status
Marriage
Perceptions
Personality
Sex Role Attitudes
Sex Roles
Sexes
Social research
Women
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Summary:Research suggests that women's, but not men's, sex role ideology may be negatively related to marital happiness and stability. Analysis of General Social Survey data from 1974 to 1986 supports that proposition. Nontraditional women are less happy and more likely to be separated or divorced. These relations are stronger for attitudes about women's personality than about roles, and are not eliminated by controls for age, year, education, or work status. They are also stronger for women constrained in marriage by opposition to divorce. All in all, the results are consistent with the idea that modern sex role ideology is negatively related to marital success for women.
ISSN:0192-513X
1552-5481
DOI:10.1177/019251389010003005