focused on the reasons why a marriage ends and characteristics placing individuals at risk for divorce. Getting married at young age is one of the main predictors of divorce, because young people are still developing and more likely to change their minds in “unanticipated directions” (p. 36). For this reason some couples tend to cohabit so to avoid the risk of divorce, because living together [to some couples] before marriage help to evaluate compatibility for marriage and expand a better understanding of a new living arrangement. For instance, couple can learn more about their partner’ habits and figure out whether their relationship is strong or weak. Despite the advantages of cohabitation, Pamela J. Smock and Wendy Manning (2010) revealed
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The balance of family and work has been still a complex issue involving several factors, such as time spent with children, or couples do not have enough time with each other. In their article of “Weekend Work and Leisure Time With Family and Friends: Who Misses Out,” Lyn Craig and Judith E. Brown (2014) asserted that: “Sunday work is associated with more time impacts and a higher likelihood of reporting one or more health impairments and poorer work–life balance than Saturday and that Sunday retains a special status as a day preserved for family” (p. 713). For instance, retail jobs require employees to work on the weekends since those are busiest days of the week. Therefore, people have no choice but have to go to work, and leave their families behind. In addition, some people have to work overtime and get multiple jobs; they then end up spending less time with family members. Many married women in recent years have worked outside the home more than inside the home as reported in an article of “Working wives and mothers: what happens to family life?” by Sar A. Levitan and Richard S. Belous (1981). The authors described, “The vast upsurge of women in the work force may portend a rejection of marriage…Working women influence their decisions to either begin or end a marriage, or to rear children. Coincident with the increase in women working outside the home is the increase in divorce rates” (p. 27). Therefore, balancing work and family is considered one of risk factors that leads to an end of a marriage, because couples who spend time outside of the home more than inside lack commitment as well as have less equality in their
The balance of family and work has been still a complex issue involving several factors, such as time spent with children, or couples do not have enough time with each other. In their article of “Weekend Work and Leisure Time With Family and Friends: Who Misses Out,” Lyn Craig and Judith E. Brown (2014) asserted that: “Sunday work is associated with more time impacts and a higher likelihood of reporting one or more health impairments and poorer work–life balance than Saturday and that Sunday retains a special status as a day preserved for family” (p. 713). For instance, retail jobs require employees to work on the weekends since those are busiest days of the week. Therefore, people have no choice but have to go to work, and leave their families behind. In addition, some people have to work overtime and get multiple jobs; they then end up spending less time with family members. Many married women in recent years have worked outside the home more than inside the home as reported in an article of “Working wives and mothers: what happens to family life?” by Sar A. Levitan and Richard S. Belous (1981). The authors described, “The vast upsurge of women in the work force may portend a rejection of marriage…Working women influence their decisions to either begin or end a marriage, or to rear children. Coincident with the increase in women working outside the home is the increase in divorce rates” (p. 27). Therefore, balancing work and family is considered one of risk factors that leads to an end of a marriage, because couples who spend time outside of the home more than inside lack commitment as well as have less equality in their