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Marital Status And Psychological Well-Being: A Cross Section Analysis

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  • Ugo Perini

    (School of Economics, Universita` Commerciale ‘‘L. Bocconi’’)

  • Emiliano Sironi

    (Department of Statistical Sciences, Universita` Cattolica del Sacro Cuore)

Abstract

Using data from the Generations and Gender Survey (GGS), the aim of this work is to examine whether marital status is associated with individuals’ psychological well-being in Georgia. Results underline that widowed and separated people show greater emotional distress with respect to married ones. Empirical evidence shows that there is an association between psychological well-being and marital status that is also gender specific with respect to some measures of well-being: women seem to be more depressed than men after having experienced a marital breakdown, while no gender differences emerge when loneliness has been considered as a measure of well-being

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  • Ugo Perini & Emiliano Sironi, 2016. "Marital Status And Psychological Well-Being: A Cross Section Analysis," Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali, Vita e Pensiero, Pubblicazioni dell'Universita' Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, vol. 124(1), pages 41-48.
    • Handle: RePEc:vep:journl:y:2016:v:124:i:1:p:41-48
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    1. Hamermesh, Daniel S., 2020. "Moms' Time - Married or Not," IZA Discussion Papers 13997, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).

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    Keywords

    Marital status; Psychological well-being; Gender;
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    JEL classification:

    • I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
    • C30 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - General

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