Keeping the Flame Alive: Describing Marriage and Divorce Among Professional Firefighters

Autor:	Eric C. Meyer, Marc I. Kruse, Keith Sanford, Michelle L. Pennington, Fatima Dobani, Suzy B. Gulliver, Elizabeth Coe
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 050902 family studies 05 social sciences Key (cryptography) 030212 general & internal medicine 0509 other social sciences Psychology Empirical evidence Social psychology Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Zdroj:	Journal of Family Issues. 43:1617-1627
ISSN:	1552-5481 0192-513X
DOI:	10.1177/0192513x211029256
Popis:	There is a common belief, but little empirical evidence, that firefighters are uniquely vulnerable to divorce. The present study aimed to examine key demographic and occupational factors related to divorce among firefighters. Online survey data (relationship status, relationship history, demographics, and occupational history) were collected from 163 firefighters in an urban city of the Southern United States. Divorced firefighters were older, in fire service longer, and younger at the age of their first marriage compared to non-divorced firefighters. Firefighters who married before joining fire service were more likely to experience divorce than firefighters who married after joining fire service; however, after controlling for age and age at first marriage, this effect became nonsignificant. Divorce was reported by firefighters at greater rates than the general population, and most divorces occurred after entry into fire service. However, non-occupational factors may better explain this trend.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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