Saturday, May 5 / 2:30 PM - 4:20 PM   •   Continental Ballroom 4

Session 199:
Family and Union Instability in the U.S.

Chair: Sharon Bzostek, Rutgers University
Discussant: Mick Cunningham, Western Washington University
Discussant: Christine R. Schwartz, University of Wisconsin-Madison

  1. Women’s Age at First Marriage and Marital Instability: Further Evidence on the Becker-Landes-Michael Hypothesis • Evelyn L. Lehrer, University of Illinois at Chicago ; Yu Chen, University of Illinois at Chicago

  2. Nonmarital Pregnancy and the Timing of First Union Transition • Kimberly A. Daniels, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), CDC ; Jonathan Vespa, US Census Bureau

  3. Chaos in Households with Young Children: The Role of Family Structure, Instability, and Income • Kammi K. Schmeer, Ohio State University ; Claire M. Kamp Dush, Ohio State University

  4. Marital Separation, Divorce, and Health Consequences • Dmitry Tumin, Ohio State University ; Zhenchao Qian, Ohio State University

Other sessions on Marriage, Family, Households, and Unions