Emotional Support During Separation

Abstract

Analyzing data from the National Survey of Families and Households, this study examines the extent to which men and women rely on informal and formal sources for emotional support during separation and the determining factors of relying on these sources. Both men and women rely on their friends for emotional support more than on any other sources, and friends are followed by parents. Initiator status, and education affect the likelihood of relying on formal support sources; compared to men, women obtain more support from informal as well as from formal sources. Effects of age, education, having children, initiator status, and involvement with someone else prior to the separation on obtaining emotional support from several informal and formal sources are analyzed. Implications of these and other findings and suggestions for further research are discussed.

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