An Inverse Gaussian Model for Divorce by Marriage Cohort

✍ Scribed by Dr. C. Damianou; Dr. G. K. Agrafiotis

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 367 KB
• Volume: 30
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0323-3847
• DOI: 10.1002/bimj.4710300518

✦ Synopsis

A model to predict the cumulative divorce trajectories of a marriage cohort is presented. It implies a defective inverse, Gaussian distribution for the lengths of exposure to marriage, of a marriage cohort. The model was fitted to published data of cohort divorce trajectories with, encouraging results. The model's contribution to our understanding of marriage variables is discussed and is shown that it provides a useful basis for formulating and testing hypotheses about marriage divorce phenomena. Although the primary emphasis is on the statistical aspects of the subject, some practical implications for the marriage dissolution are considered.