@article{45795d882c6e458294b5f40ea5c94144,
title = "Marriage, Social Control, and Health Behavior: A Dyadic Analysis of Same-sex and Different-sex Couples",
abstract = "Prior research based on studies of heterosexual populations suggests that men{\textquoteright}s health benefits more from marriage than women{\textquoteright}s, in part because women do more than men to influence the health habits of their spouse. We extend this work by using dyadic survey data from 838 spouses in 419 gay, lesbian, and heterosexual marriages to consider differences in social control tactics across same-sex and different-sex couples—that is, how spouses monitor and regulate each other{\textquoteright}s health habits. Results suggest that although gender differences in social control are common, gendered patterns sometimes differ depending on whether one is in a same-sex or different-sex marriage. Results also point to the importance of health habits as strong drivers of relationship dynamics across gay and lesbian as well as heterosexual marriages.",
keywords = "gay and lesbian, health behavior, marriage, same-sex marriage, social control",
author = "Debra Umberson and Rachel Donnelly and Pollitt, {Amanda M.}",
note = "Funding Information: The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was supported, in part, by grant R21AG044585 from the National Institute on Aging (PI, Debra Umberson); grant P2CHD042849 awarded to the Population Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; and grant T32 HD007081, Training Program in Population Studies, awarded to the Population Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Amanda M. Pollitt also acknowledges support from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (grant F32AA025814). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} American Sociological Association 2018.",
year = "2018",
month = sep,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1177/0022146518790560",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "59",
pages = "429--446",
journal = "Journal of Health and Social Behavior",
issn = "0022-1465",
publisher = "American Sociological Association",
number = "3",
}