This study examines the socioeconomic determinants of marital dissolution and the resulting female-headed families in Puerto Rico....The presence and number of children less than 6 years of age the religious participation of wives and the increased age at marriage (up to approximately 30 years) decrease the probability of dissolution. Factors that positively affect marital dissolution are wives labor force participation living in a metropolitan area and participation in a consensual rather than a legal marriage. (EXCERPT)
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