Divorce and Female Remarriage Mobility: Data on Marriage Matches After Divorce for White Women

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Remarriage mobility for women was investigated by comparing the occupational status of their first and second husbands using data from the 1970 National Fertility Study. The basic analysis cross-classified the occupations of the women's first and second husbands, using six occupational categories. Results indicated that about one-half of the women were upwardly, one-fifth downwardly, and the remainder non-mobile. Women with and without children in their first marriage showed the same patterns of remarriage mobility. The results were interpreted as giving some support for Farber's claim of “permanent availability” as opposed to the often heard argument that divorced women are stigmatized and thus disadvantaged when attempting to remarry.

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