scholarly journals Marital Quality and Husbands’ Temporary Migration: Evidence from South Asia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen Compernolle
Keyword(s):  
Marital Conflict ◽  
Marital Quality ◽  
Labor Migration ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Critical Factor ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Temporary Migration ◽  
Married Men ◽  
Temporary Labor ◽  
Rural Nepal

This study investigated: (1) whether marital quality influences husbands’ odds of temporary migration (overall), and whether this association varies by 2) migrant destination––internal versus international (destination)––and/or by 3) dimension of marital quality––marital conflict and love for spouse (dimension). How the marital relationship—in particular, husbands’ and wives’ reports of marital conflict and love for spouse—influences the temporary labor migration of married men is unclear. Yet this understudied topic may offer an explanation for why some couples do not (or, do) send a spouse away for work even when it is economically rational. This study used data from the Chitwan Valley Family Study (CVFS), a panel study set in rural Nepal. The analytic sample consisted of all person-months between 1997 and 2008 for married men who, along with their wives, participated in the 1996 baseline interview and were living with their spouses within the sample neighborhoods (N=910; 55,815 person-months). Findings from multinomial event-history models show that husbands in “lower-quality” marriages (i.e., more conflict and less love) are significantly less likely to migrate abroad than are husbands in “higher-quality” marriages, whereas the opposite holds true for migrating internally. These effects are robust to an array of covariates, including couples’ residential circumstances. Marital quality is an over-looked yet critical factor influencing married persons’ likelihood of engaging in temporary labor migration, with important differences across specific dimensions of marital quality and migrant destinations. Results have important implications for policies targeting the well-being of migrants and their families at home.

scholarly journals The Story of Us: Older and Younger Couples’ Language and Emotional Responses to Jointly Told Relationship Narratives

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 562-563
Author(s):  
Stephanie Wilson ◽  
William Malarkey ◽  
Janice Kiecolt-Glaser
Keyword(s):  
Age Differences ◽  
Marital Conflict ◽  
Marital Quality ◽  
Negative Mood ◽  
Emotional Responses ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Older Couples ◽  
Word Use ◽  
Emotion Word

Abstract Social-emotional well-being is said to improve with age, but evidence for age differences in couples’ behavior and emotions—studied primarily during marital conflict—has been mixed. Characteristics of jointly told relationship stories predict marital quality among newlyweds and long-married couples alike, yet younger and older couples’ accounts have never been compared. To examine age differences in couples’ emotional responses and in their I/we-talk, emotion word use, and immediacy (i.e., self-focused, present-tense style), 42 married couples ages 22–77 recounted their relationship’s history then rated the discussion and their moods. Compared to younger couples, older couples used more we than I language, more positive than negative words, and less immediacy. Partners in older pairs shared more similar language patterns. In turn, lower immediacy mediated links between older age and less negative mood, and explained husbands’ more positive appraisals. Indeed, relationship accounts reveal novel insights into age differences in marriage and well-being.

Bilateral Arrangement of Temporary Labor Migration

10.1596/30471 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoonyoung Cho ◽  
Anastasiya Denisova ◽  
Soonhwa Yi ◽  
Upasana Khadka
Keyword(s):  
Labor Migration ◽  
Temporary Labor

Empathy in context: Socioeconomic status as a moderator of the link between empathic accuracy and well-being in married couples

2021 ◽  
pp. 026540752199075
Author(s):  
Emily F. Hittner ◽  
Claudia M. Haase
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Marital Conflict ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Empathic Accuracy ◽  
Low Levels

The present laboratory-based study investigated socioeconomic status (SES) as a moderator of the association between empathic accuracy and well-being among married couples from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds. Empathic accuracy was measured using a performance-based measure of empathic accuracy for one’s spouse’s negative emotions during a marital conflict conversation. Aspects of well-being included well-being (i.e., positive affect, life satisfaction), ill-being (i.e., negative affect, anxiety symptoms, depressive symptoms), and marital satisfaction. SES was measured using a composite score of income and education. Findings showed that SES moderated associations between empathic accuracy and well-being. Empathic accuracy was beneficial (for well-being and ill-being) or not harmful (for marital satisfaction) at low levels of SES. In contrast, empathic accuracy was not beneficial (for well-being and ill-being) or harmful (for marital satisfaction) at high levels of SES. Results were robust (controlled for age, gender, and race). Findings are discussed in light of interdependence vs. independence in low- vs. high-SES contexts and highlight the importance of socioeconomic context in determining whether empathic accuracy benefits well-being or not.

scholarly journals Financial Resources and Later-Year Relocation From the Annuitized Assessment of Income and Assets

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 50-50
Author(s):  
Jun-Hong Chen ◽  
Sojung Park
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Living Arrangement ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Behavioral Model ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Economic Factor ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Mortality Table

Abstract Solid evidence has shown financial resources play important roles in housing decisions among older adults. Despite the growing research on the joint assessment of income and assets as valid economic well-being, little attention is paid to its role in relocation in old age. Drawing from the Behavioral Model of Elderly Migration, this study examined to what extent financial resources are associated with the likelihood of moving in later years. The data came from the 2017 Panel Study of Income Dynamic (PSID). A sample of 1354 people, 65 years and older, was used in the analyses. We used the annuitized approach, which is different from conventional approaches that assume people draw down all available assets to satisfy daily needs and leave no assets for use in later years. We (1) assessed annuitized assets based on the 2019 IRS Mortality Table, (2) assessed yearly income using supplementary income (i.e. income plus non-discretionary expense). A final indicator of the summed score was used in a logistic regression to predict the likelihood of moving. A set of covariates known to affect later- year relocation at an individual level (e.g. health condition, living arrangement change), environmental level (e.g. rural, non-metro area) are controlled for. In clear conflict with previous studies, we found annual financial resources did not significantly influence relocation among older adults. The notable absence of the well-known role of the economic factor provides critical initial evidence about the importance of simultaneous assessment of financial resources for the literature on later year relocation.

Couple Religiosity and Well-Being Among Older Adults in the United States

2021 ◽  
pp. 089826432110421
Author(s):  
Laura Upenieks ◽  
Jeremy E. Uecker ◽  
Markus H. Schafer
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Older Couples ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
Ordered Logistic Regression ◽  
Individual Trait ◽  
The Us ◽  
Married Men

Objectives: This article evaluates whether couples’ religious similarity is consequential for the health of older married men and women. Alternatively, we examine whether women’s religiosity alone is health-protective to their husbands . Methods: Using dyadic data from the US National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project, a representative sample of 913 individuals ages 62–91 plus their marital partners, we perform latent-class analysis to separate older couples into classes based on religious characteristics. Ordered logistic regression models are then used to assess whether different combinations of religious (dis)similarity are associated with married men and women’s well-being. Results: We find that older women in highly religious, homogamous marriages report better mental and physical health relative to women in heterogamous and secular (non-religious) marriages. No significant associations were observed for men. Discussion: Our results emphasize that religiosity is not only an individual trait—dis/similarities within a couple have important implications for older women’s well-being.

The GCM and temporary labor migration

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 339-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Martin
Keyword(s):  
Labor Migration ◽  
Temporary Labor
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