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Teachman records concentration of U.S. veterans in rural areas of South, Midwest		2013-01-10
For The Military, A Possible Fall From Grace	Although the story so far is of a personal failing, it's possible that the widening sex scandal surrounding retired Gen. David Petraeus will begin to affect the military's reputation as a whole. "David Petraeus suddenly falling that far off that high a pedestal is feeding…	2012-11-14
US Veterans Increasingly Segregated From Civilians	When the United States celebrated Veterans Day on Sunday, did you personally thank any soldiers for their service? That might depend on where you live. As the population of veterans in America is declining, it's also becoming more and more geographically segregated from civilians,…	2012-11-13
WWU Professor Receives Grant For Behavioral Research	Researchers at Western Washington University have received a grant to explore how military service effects individual behavior. Sociology Professor Jay Teachman has been awarded a $265,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to study the relationship between…	2012-07-30
WWU Sociologists Awarded $265,362 Grant to Study Relationship of Military Service and Troubled Behaviors		2012-07-23
Cohabitation & divorce -- there is a correlation	How many computers or cars do you think Toshiba and Toyota would sell if they didn't let you test them out first? Who in their right mind would make a big commitment of purchase without trying it out first? But don't we do the same with marriage? We ask young people to make one…	2011-10-05
Cohabitation before marriage risky	The U.S. divorce rate has held steady at 45 percent since 1981. Jay Teachman, a sociology professor at Western Washington University, said age (older than 26) and education (a bachelor's degree) are far more important predictors of marital success than cohabitation, which he believes…	2010-09-28
Women bankers and the glass ceiling	Others claim that women think that they want to focus on their career, but in reality choose family over career. Recent research by Western Washington University revealed that women who become the chief breadwinners in their domestic partnerships are more likely to…	2010-09-23
Women's divorce 'cur$e'	It's the money, honey. High-flying career women who are the breadwinners in their families are nearly 40 percent more likely to get a divorce than cash-strapped ladies, a surprising 25-year study shows. The access to dough makes…	2010-09-10
High-earning wives 'are more likely to end up divorced'	The American researchers studied the marriages and income of more than 2,500 women who married for the first time between 1979 and 2002. They found that those women who consistently made more money than their husbands were up to 38 per cent more likely to divorce than others. Jay…	2010-09-09

Teachman records concentration of U.S. veterans in rural areas of South, Midwest

2013-01-10

For The Military, A Possible Fall From Grace

Although the story so far is of a personal failing, it's possible that the widening sex scandal surrounding retired Gen. David Petraeus will begin to affect the military's reputation as a whole.

"David Petraeus suddenly falling that far off that high a pedestal is feeding…

2012-11-14

US Veterans Increasingly Segregated From Civilians

When the United States celebrated Veterans Day on Sunday, did you personally thank any soldiers for their service? That might depend on where you live.
As the population of veterans in America is declining, it's also becoming more and more geographically segregated from civilians,…

2012-11-13

WWU Professor Receives Grant For Behavioral Research

Researchers at Western Washington University have received a grant to explore how military service effects individual behavior.

Sociology Professor Jay Teachman has been awarded a $265,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to study the relationship between…

2012-07-30

WWU Sociologists Awarded $265,362 Grant to Study Relationship of Military Service and Troubled Behaviors

2012-07-23

Cohabitation & divorce -- there is a correlation

How many computers or cars do you think Toshiba and Toyota would sell if they didn't let you test them out first? Who in their right mind would make a big commitment of purchase without trying it out first?

But don't we do the same with marriage? We ask young people to make one…

2011-10-05

Cohabitation before marriage risky

The U.S. divorce rate has held steady at 45 percent since 1981.

Jay Teachman, a sociology professor at Western Washington University, said age (older than 26) and education (a bachelor's degree) are far more important predictors of marital success than cohabitation, which he believes…

2010-09-28

Women bankers and the glass ceiling

Others claim that women think that they want to focus on their career, but in reality choose family over career.

Recent research by Western Washington University revealed that women who become the chief breadwinners in their domestic partnerships are more likely to…

2010-09-23

Women's divorce 'cur$e'

It's the money, honey.

High-flying career women who are the breadwinners in their families are nearly 40 percent more likely to get a divorce than cash-strapped ladies, a surprising 25-year study shows.

The access to dough makes…

2010-09-10

High-earning wives 'are more likely to end up divorced'

The American researchers studied the marriages and income of more than 2,500 women who married for the first time between 1979 and 2002.

They found that those women who consistently made more money than their husbands were up to 38 per cent more likely to divorce than others.

Jay…

2010-09-09