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Download a description of the Familial Responses to Financial Instability data TDS-10-05
How the Family Responds to Economic Pressure: A Comparative Study
- Frank Furstenberg, Anne Gauthier, and Shelley Pacholok, Co-PIs
University of Pennsylvania, Department of Sociology,
University of Calgary, Department of Sociology
University of British Columbia, Unit 6/Sociology
The Financial Management Behaviors Scale
- Couples who were married or cohabiting...
- were less happy in their relationships the more the recession negatively impacted their finances.
- were less happy in their relationships the more the recession negatively impacted their finances.
- Couples who report financial decline during the recession...
- are saving less, using credit cards more, dropping insurance, and using budgets less.
- Jeffrey Dew and Jing Jian Xiao, Co-PIs
Utah State University, Department of Family, Consumer, and Human Development
The University of Rhode Island, Department of Human Development and Family Studies- Measures Snapshot
- Data Notes
- Codebook
- View project at ICPSR DSDR website (26542)
- WP-10-08
- Published as Financial Declines, Financial Behaviors, and Relationship Satisfaction during the Recession, in Journal of Financial Therapy, Vol. 4 (2013).
- Recipient of the Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning "2011 Outstanding Journal Article Award."
- Published in the Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, 22(1), 2011.
Doubling Up When Times Are Tough: Obligations to Share a Home in Response to Economic Hardship
- Americans remain ambivalent about a parent sharing a home with a child who is living with a boyfriend or girlfriend.
- Only 17% of Americans say it is a good idea to share a household with a child and his/her cohabiting partner in times of economic need, compared with 31% if the child is married and 43% if the child is still single.
- The obligation to share a home with an older mother in need is stronger than the obligation to share with adult children, especially children who have started their own families, perhaps because Americans believe that adult children should be transitioning to independence.
- Thirty-three percent of Americans think it is a good idea for an older mother to move in with an adult child when the mother has economic problems, compared to 26% when it is the adult child who is having trouble and needs a place to live.
- Judith Seltzer and Suzanne Bianchi Co-PIs
Department of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles- Measures Snapshot
- Data Notes
- Codebook
- Variable Notes
- View project at ICPSR DSDR website (26543)
- WP-10-05
- Lau, C. Q., Seltzer, J. A., & Bianchi, S. M. (2016). "The Effects of Vignette Placement on Attitudes Toward Supporting Family Members." Field Methods, 28(1); 79-91 doi: 10.1177/1525822X15572801
- Published in Social Science Research, 41(3), May 2012. doi:org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2012.05.08
- Lau, C. Q., Seltzer, J. A., & Bianchi, S. M. (2016). "The Effects of Vignette Placement on Attitudes Toward Supporting Family Members." Field Methods, 28(1); 79-91 doi: 10.1177/1525822X15572801
"It's All Your Fault": Predictors and Implications of Blame in Couples Under Economic Strain
- Both men and women reported higher relationship satisfaction if the female partner blamed the national economic crisis for the household's problems.
- Men only showed declines in relationship satisfaction as a function of worsening finances if their female partners blamed them for the household's money problems.
- Women whose male partners had problematic patterns of debt, spending, or employment reported lower satisfaction unless these women blamed the national economic crisis for their financial problems.
- Lisa Diamond and Angela Hicks, Co-PIs
University of Utah, Department of Psychology
Westminster College, Department of Psychology,
*Knowledge Networks Source of Survey Panel
Updated: 10/25/2023 02:33PM