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Unemployment harms couples' relationship happiness

Unemployment harms couples' relationship happiness
Unemployment harms couples' relationship happiness
Many people become unemployed during economic crises, resulting in significant financial costs. The social costs, however, are often overlooked. Unemployment can severely affect couples’ relationships, potentially leading to separation and poor outcomes for their children. In this briefing, we show the impact of losing one’s job, or a partner losing their job, on relationship happiness over the short- and long-term in the UK.
Our findings suggest that women, in particular, become unhappy with their relationships if their partner loses their job. We recommend that policy-makers acknowledge the role of unemployment, for both the unemployed and their partners, when designing relationship intervention programmes.
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University of Southampton
Blom, Niels
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Perelli-Harris, Brienna
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Blom, Niels
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Perelli-Harris, Brienna
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Blom, Niels and Perelli-Harris, Brienna (2020) Unemployment harms couples' relationship happiness (Centre for Population Change Policy Briefings, 49) University of Southampton. University of Southampton 4pp.

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Abstract

Many people become unemployed during economic crises, resulting in significant financial costs. The social costs, however, are often overlooked. Unemployment can severely affect couples’ relationships, potentially leading to separation and poor outcomes for their children. In this briefing, we show the impact of losing one’s job, or a partner losing their job, on relationship happiness over the short- and long-term in the UK.
Our findings suggest that women, in particular, become unhappy with their relationships if their partner loses their job. We recommend that policy-makers acknowledge the role of unemployment, for both the unemployed and their partners, when designing relationship intervention programmes.

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Published date: 7 April 2020

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Local EPrints ID: 439246
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/439246
PURE UUID: 04a73c70-816f-4a5c-a812-4a4e47c0a85e
ORCID for Niels Blom: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0742-4554
ORCID for Brienna Perelli-Harris: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8234-4007

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Date deposited: 07 Apr 2020 16:31
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 03:23

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