1. EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AND FAMILY STABILITY.
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Monahan, Thomas P.
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ACADEMIC achievement ,DIVORCE ,DEMOGRAPHIC surveys ,HOUSEHOLD surveys ,CENSUS - Abstract
The article presents a paper that attempts to summarize briefly and appraise the available information on educational achievement and family stability, with particular attention to divorce, and in addition offers some new findings drawn from a study of 4,648 divorces recorded in Atlanta and Macon, Georgia. The idea of family stability fundamentally refers to the unity of the family as a going concern. Although population census data have been widely used to show a relationship between family stability and education, very few researchers and textbook writers have inquired into the serious limitations and deficiencies of census data in this regard. The events themselves--namely divorce and desertion--have not been studied directly from official registrations. In line with the pattern of birth and death registration, the practice is not to ask for educational background in marriage and divorce registration in the United States. Academicians and other professional persons favor getting such information, but the state and local registrars are opposed to the idea because of anticipated resistance and resentment from the parties concerned.
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- 1961
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