Families Under Stress An Assessment of Data, Theory, and Research on Marriage and Divorce in the Military

• Main Author: Karney, Benjamin R. (auth)
• Other Authors: Crown, John S. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2007
• Subjects: Personnel & human resources management; Working patterns & practices; Management & Organizational Behavior
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The authors estimate marriage and marital dissolution trends from 1996 to 2005, and the effects of recent deployments on risk of ending a marriage. Marital dissolution rates across services and components are currently similar to those seen in 1996, when the demands on the military were measurably l...