Economic independence economic status and empty nest in midlife marital disruption.

We examine the risk of separation or divorce later in the marital career from a family development perspective. With data from the [U.S.] National Longitudinal Survey of Mature Women we use a hazards framework to estimate the effects of womens economic independence couples economic status and family life course factors on the risk of middle-age separation or divorce. Several dimensions of economic independence and economic status influence the risk of midlife marital disruption. Moreover the transition to empty nest influences the risk of marital disruption but the effect of empty nest depends on the duration of the marriage. This is a revised version of a paper originally presented at the 1994 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America. (EXCERPT)

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