Marriage - Science topic

… the average female marries to establish a home, to establish a long-time affectional relationship with a single spouse, and to have children whose welfare may become the prime business of her life. Most males would admit that all of these are desirable aspects of a marriage, but ... (Alfred Kinsey)

Implicit within marriage is the expectation that a man will support a family in return for regular sex but sometimes discussion is needed. There needs to be more honesty about sex and we need to recognise that relationships are a compromise. Women need to know that sex is vitally important to men. Men worry that their desire for regular sex is threatened once a woman obtains a marriage certificate, once her family ambitions are fulfilled and once a family no longer depends on a man’s earnings.

In many developing societies, marriage is not only a personal relationship but also a deeply rooted social institution. Divorce, while legally permissible, often carries significant stigma—particularly for women. I’m interested in understanding how these social expectations and cultural pressures impact women's mental health, especially those navigating marital instability or separation later in life. I would appreciate insights from researchers working on gender, mental health, and cultural studies. What tools or frameworks have you found useful in examining these dynamics? Are there regional studies or comparative works that highlight differences in how stigma manifests? Let’s discuss challenges, data gaps, and any innovative approaches you’ve seen or used.

But, by and large, coitus in marriage occurs with a regularity which is not equalled by any other type of sexual activity in the female, although it may be matched by the masturbatory, coital, and sometimes homosexual activity of the male. This suggests that it is the male rather than the female partner who is chiefly responsible for the regularity of marital coitus. (Alfred Kinsey)

Hello dear researcher. I intend to conduct a comprehensive research on marriage and the factors affecting its realization and examine all the variables affecting marriage in order to provide a conceptual model in this regard. Therefore, the need for research background and numerous questionnaires regarding: marriage styles, communication styles, comparison of communication skills and expectations of marriage, beliefs and attitudes and different values ​​related to marriage, quality of life, willingness and desire to marry, fear of marriage, mistrust , fear of commitment to marriage, satisfaction and pleasure from marriage, self-differentiation, primary incompatible schemas, personality factors, and any variables affecting marriage.

There are … a large number of the wives who remain uninterested in intercourse through the years of their marriage… (Alfred Kinsey)

I would like to write my graduate paper on the mental health aspects and/or statistics associated of a sexless marriage with acquired disability

Johnson E, ‘The Active Role of South Africa’s Constitutional Court in Advancing Women’s Rights and Proprietary Interests in the Customary Law of Marriage’ [2023] Acta Juridica 46

… it is the male who has most to do with determining the rate of coitus in marriage. (Alfred Kinsey)

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How about returning my husband's chopper? It has sentimental value.

As for the shredded Spiegel, you can keep.

Because I will show that I can shred more than the Spiegel, I will shatter your mirrors with a mastery of rhetorics and law unlike even the best and finest of you've got in Bremen.

I am coming after those Nazi thugs who thought I decreditted my right to due process by describing Nazis as Nazis.

You are looking a triple majored First Class Honours Thesis Writer in Sydney University's Government and Administration.

You are also looking at someone who wrote her Homours thesis in 2 weeks under Economic History. I have more degrees than you have decrees.

If anyone who is well qualified to use the N word is me, 10 year girlfriend of a Jew and more 25 years marriage to a German.

You may mince your words, but I will mince you. Better call the SWAT TEAM, now they are the true gentlemen. Why? They at least let me wear my shoes.

My dad did not sacrifice everything for my rights and liberty so that you sadistics thugs can steal my without any recriminations. You come storming in my house. I told you to leave unless you can take me back to Sydney. Without warning, you twisted my arms, which was already in pain from sleeping on the floor, lifted me up and drag me out into deep winter snow without shoes. You would not even let me brush my teeth and wear something warm. You make my daughters, my neice and my dad witness unlawful and thuggish violations of my peace and quiet.

My case went nowhere despite paying Hannover and Partners.

Instead someone who thinks of herself as "blöde bitch" gets your full attention by charging me of Beleidigung (hell of joke that one is, like starting with defining "What's an INSULT?:.

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See you in court. I am going to get the best to represent me.

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I have come to know one actor told publicly and media that was unable to attend marriage ceremony due to i was admitted in hospital of Mumbai.now negative so I am appeared again in front of you.

Please discuss if any scientist or Doctor know it about COVID.

please share your opinion about early marriage in your country

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I have two profiles in ResearchGate. One under my married name of Kristina Secnik and one under my married name of Kristina S Boye or Kristina Boye. How do I merge my publications so that readers know this is the same person?

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Changing social norms and values impact the institution of marriage .

Sex is the price women pay for marriage. Marriage is the price men pay for sex. (Allan & Barbara Pease)

legalization of same-sex marriage impact societal perceptions

Adultery can but not always cause deep distress to participants and those around them, but what role, if any, does it play? Marriages fray and having an alternate lover may, some say, allow a marriage to continue. Both husband and wife may have numerous adulterous partnerships. They may not be suited to simply one partner but function best with many.

Some cultures accept the transfer of affection with a shrug but in others one or the other partner is pictured as victims. Some of these initiate rampages on those they see as aggressors. Monotheisms appear strict on the single, lifelong couple tryst while they can also depict relaxations of the rule. Jesus was terribly strict and idealistic about marriage and saw it in terms of one man and one woman for life, while never himself being married. Is remarriage a means of sanctifying adultery. Once I lived within Muslim societies my eyes were opened to possible infringements and found in polygamy adultery was a condition whereby a man, for example, might commit adultery by having a relationship with another woman without official sanctions. RULES APPLY even here!

But why the one man, one woman model anyway? What benefits does society in general gain.

… the average female marries to establish a home, to establish a long-time affectional relationship with a single spouse, and to have children whose welfare may become the prime business of her life. Most males would admit that all of these are desirable aspects of a marriage, but ... (Alfred Kinsey)

I am curious to know if the influence of matchmaking on marriage has been researched on in any part of the world.

Recommendation on available literatures will be appreciated.

Thanks

How often does inbreeding correlate positively with eugenics? Why? My answer: Maybe not often because the last derivative population(Europeans) is not the most inbreed.

Sources

Khlat M, Khoury M. Inbreeding and diseases: demographic, genetic, and epidemiologic perspectives. Epidemiol Rev. 1991;13:28-41. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.epirev.a036072. PMID: 1765114. “PIP: The demographic and quantitative genetic aspects of consanguineous marriages are reviewed before epidemiologic principles are applied to the hundreds of studies reviewed, and 3 in particular. Consanguineous unions range from cousin-cousin to more distant relatedness, and their prevalence varies by culture. Prevalence is highest in Arab countries, followed by India, Japan, Brazil and Israel. They are most common in lower educational and socioeconomic groups, the traditionally religious, and the early married, but are declining with modernization”(Khlat 1991).

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Is increasing Women's Marriage age in India a symbol of women empowerment? and how society looks in these changes

I am conducting research using survey-based datasets (specifically NFHS-4 and 5) to estimate breastfeeding patterns and the time interval between marriage and the first birth. I am employing regression-based survival models, specifically semi-parametric and proportional hazards models. The dataset has a substantial sample size (N) of approximately 150,000, and due to computational limitations, the models cannot be applied to the entire dataset.

I would like to inquire about the possibility of utilizing bootstrap methods (or any suggested ones) by treating N as the original population. This would involve drawing samples of reasonable sizes (e.g., 1,000 or 5,000) from the population and subsequently estimating the desired parameters using proposed models along with their corresponding standard errors.

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I'm writing a legal assignment on concealing physical or mental flaws before marriage.

I tried searching for academic sources on Google Scholar and I didn't find any article that matches this topic, legally speaking.

can someone help me?

India's Supreme Court considers legalizing same-sex marriage. India's Supreme Court is hearing arguments in the historic case this week, years after it decriminalized gay sex. India could become the second place in Asia to allow marriage equality, after Taiwan.

What are the legal and social implications of legalizing same-sex marriage, and how do these differ across different jurisdictions and cultural contexts?

In India, the legalization of same-sex marriage remains a contentious issue. While same-sex relationships were decriminalized in 2018 by the Supreme Court, same-sex marriage is not yet legally recognized. However, there have been significant developments in recent years towards greater acceptance and recognition of LGBT rights.

In 2020, the Delhi High Court recognized the right of a same-sex couple to live together as partners, holding that such relationships are protected under the right to life and personal liberty under the Indian Constitution. This was a significant milestone in the recognition of same-sex relationships in India.

In addition, several states in India, including Delhi and Uttarakhand, have passed laws recognizing same-sex partnerships, providing legal recognition and protection to same-sex couples in areas such as property rights, inheritance, and adoption.

However, there are still significant challenges to the legalization of same-sex marriage in India. These include resistance from conservative religious and cultural groups, as well as legal and social barriers to greater acceptance and recognition of LGBT rights.

To address these challenges, it is important to continue to promote greater awareness and understanding of LGBT rights in India and to engage in dialogue and advocacy with key stakeholders, including religious and cultural groups, policymakers, and the broader public. This could involve developing targeted campaigns and initiatives aimed at promoting greater acceptance and understanding of LGBT issues and building coalitions with other groups and organizations that support LGBT rights. It may also involve challenging existing legal barriers to same-sex marriage through strategic litigation and advocacy efforts

Hi All,

I am writing about wellbeing tips in marriages or romantic couples and I need studies with the related outcome.

Can you please share yours?

Thank you.

Alexandra

How your understanding of the opposite gender is improved after the marriage?

what has the social media done in terms of bringing to light the ealdy child marriage menace

Hello,

Before being married, my name was Segolene Diehl.

I've became Segolene Diehl Guilbaud and then Segolene Guilbaud after my marriage.

The problem is that the publications under the name of S. Diehl don't appear in my profile!

What should I do?

Thanks

Segolene Diehl Guilbaud

I have 2 publications under my maiden name before marriage, I would like to add them to my profile but am unable to confirm authorship as my name has changed

In India, 80% marriages are arranged marriages and since there is no scientific method available to check the overall compatibility (especially from psychological perspective) people use unscientific methods like astrology. Is there any psychological assessment to test compatibility of Indian bride and grooms?

Dower goes from the groom to the bride. It is mandatory for Muslim marriages. In Murdock's Ethnographic Atlas, however, nearly all Muslim societies are characterized by bridewealth, which is different, as it goes from groom's kin to bride's kin thereby excluding the bride.

I am looking for articles related to love marriage among girls, especially in Bangladesh and South Asian perspectives. Any suggestions, please.

What is the impact of the lockdown on the emotional stability of involuntarily childless women in abusive marriages.?

In the statistical analysis of the structural equation model (SEM), if we have an independent variable and a dependent variable and two variables as mediators, if we want to calculate some demographic characteristics such as gender and employment status and marriage as a moderator, Amos and, Lisrel software are better or R software?

The trend of getting married in the early 20s has been changed recently. Compared to 50 years ago, the changes in economic, social, literacy and cultural aspects in life are partially responsible behind such decisions. Getting married in late may mean a reduction of the rate of population growth. This trend could be variable in various parts of the globe since there are other aspects, like more children means more help in the older age. When the cost of bringing up of a child goes out side the equation, the dwindling rate of population growth may not be noticed. Please share your thoughts!

At what point does a customary marriage come into existence? Is it after the parties agree to be married? Is it when dowry or bride price is offered and accepted? Is it when a celebration is concluded? Is it when a certificate is issued? If it occurs at the point when a certificate is issued, is the issuing of the certificate not mere recognition of that which has already taken place? I am thinking of a birth certificate. It does not constitute the birth, as it only records its existence. That is why one can still obtain a late registration of birth, subject to proof that such birth occurred and between the mother and child and at the given date / time and place.

and by the same token, it is interesting to grasp at what point a divorce of these customary marriages occurs. The same sets of questions about marriage above apply also to the divorce. Any views colleagues? We need to advance those cultures and their institutions to a point where they can be best understood and dealt with in the modern and post-modern settings. and research questions should always at least inform the statutory and social debates to inform harmonisation as cultures intermarry more now than at any other point in our human histoy.

Hi, I am a  final year student at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid ( Spain), doing my final thesis about the working-life conditions in the Nordic Countries.  

Especially, I am researching about the different types of statutory entitlement to leave. However, I haven´t found in any nordic country legislation about days off work to enjoy the honeymoon after marriage. 

I was wondering if you could know or even pointing me out in the direction of someone with knowledge in those Nordic labour law questions. It would be extremely appreciated. 

My dissertation is about female early marriage and how it affects female labor participation. I'm trying to find a proper theory that underlines the topic. Most of the papers I found, relate the theory of change to the topic, but I need a different perspective.

I want to do work in this topic if anyone have any articles/books related to this topic cross-caste and caste boundaries marriage in rural areas In Pakistan.

I am doing work related this topics (cross-caste and cross-reg marriage in Pakistan)

Is there a probability to see this happens without any sensitivity to all three?

I hope to find papers and studies.

Muslim laws relating to marriage -The comparison with reference to Special marriage act 1954 &Indian Christian Marriage Act 1872 how to write a research abstract and content for this topic

I am looking to conduct a study investigating whether there was a relationship between people's perception of relationship/marital therapy and their relationship status, and was just wondering if anybody had seen any studies that look into anything similar - or even investigated just people's perceptions of relationship/counselling therapy?

Thanks!

Recent study shows that more than 50% women face abuse on social media - from unwanted friend request to indecent messages to peculiar marriage proposals, women face harassment on social media every other day- highest being on Face Book. Social media have got prominence in every individual's life, more so after the the out break of pandemic Covid-19 and the lock down. And women are no exception to it. Then, How to check this evil practice?

Learned members are invited to opine and share views.

If focusing on micro-firms, I can relate the first I visited and researched in Bangladesh 1969-71 [back when the area was called East Pakistan. I was with the Ford Foundation and we funded Dr. Aktar Hamid Khan and The Comilla Project. A training/research center for Bengali farmers, including women.

The Project included several studies.

One was to collect milk from the few cows held by most households. The milk was collected and processed into cheese in an elaborate "peasant" system - organized by the extension workers of the Comilla Project.

As households earned cash - like pennies and dimes - they wanted "to bank." The Project set up training for all, including a few "bankers."

Then the money sat and people's savings were small. But some villagers wanted to borrow and asked their villagers. The Project organized credit lending schemes and then addressed repayment plans. The villagers wanted assurances and decided that village organizations would do the lending and the organizations would monitor and recover money they loaned. The villagers were almost always related as Muslims handle marriages and care for each other. Etc. This system was long before the Grameen System became the object of attention and the Nobel Peace Prize. Aktar Hamid Khan should have been the first Bengali Nobel Peace Prize Awardee. But he was not Bengali. He was by birth an "Anglo Paki."

That history - I observed long ago but my impressions last because the people of Bangladesh were honest, hardworking and sadly - with limited means or active economies.

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Sacrament or Samskar means purification, Hindu have sixteen samskaras from Pre-birth to death. Marriage sacrament or Vivaha samskar is one of the sixteen samskaras.

I observed that most people enjoy courtship because love is active during this period. But in marriage, there seems to be conflicts because here love is passive. I discovered that most marriages collapse because men are pretenders in courtship period. Most of them are no more who they used to be during courtship- a romantic period. They grow traditional and more authoritative whereas women want to be romantic forever. Men should not tolerate in courtship what they cannot tolerate in marriage- a classical period. My understanding of Romantic Period and Classical Period is that of Courtship Period and Marital Period.

"A valid marriage between the baptised is called ratum tantum if it has not been consummated; it is called ratum et consummatum if the spouses have performed between themselves in a human fashion a conjugal act which is suitable in itself for the procreation of offspring, to which marriage is ordered by its nature and by which the spouses become one flesh." ( Can. 1061 §1.)

What if consummatio is understood from the psychological point of view? What if a marriage is consumed physically but never emotionally? Could annulment be granted on the ground of this canon? Should it or should it not?

What are your thoughts?

Do we need to marry in order to be happy or can a person be happy without marriage, justify?

I am currently working on my final year thesis, and need to use the scale for my research, which is on Locus of control and marital Stability. I feel like Miller Marital LOC scale would be a better fit for this research than, Levenson LOC scale which i am currently going ahead with, as i can't find the authority figure to approach for permission. Kindly please let me know if you know the university the authors were affiliated with, or anyone else that i could get in touch with for permission.

Thanking you in advance.

In western country ,marriage is not necessary to share love with two partners,But in arab and many religions need marriage to be necessary to validate the relation and love and sex sharing,so the marriage and love still be discussed,

The second argument you often hear is that marriage is a declaration of love. It's about "showing" we're settled, our partners are "off the market", and we're in a position to build a family. Most of this, however, is a display for others. Plenty of monogamous couples maintain stable, healthy relationships without rings or certificates to "prove" loyalty.

Indeed, who are we trying to prove our love to? Our proof should be our treatment of each other: anything else is addition, not basis. There is more to be worried about if we need to "secure" someone, like a raging animal, with a ring or certificate or other public stamp.

Furthermore, as high divorce rates show, being tied to one person doesn't work out for many, especially for the rest of our lives. Compromises can be made. Couples now swing, maintain open marriages, and so on. But this should only make us question why we're still devoted to the "one true love" ideal in the first place.

I know that the quality of the attachments is poor...

I found it during the autopsy of a snail - Anentome helena (von dem Busch, 1847) from Thailand.

I heard that this snail species produce "nuptial gifts"... Can we see sperm in the photo? Or maybe there are some protozoa?

Thank you for all your help!

The one thing that specifically caught my attention is the ill tradition of “Child Grooms” which has practically been ignored as it has failed miserably to find its rightful place in mainstream dissent as the most obvious reason being that “Child Marriages” have always been thought to be oppressive for “Child Brides” but it’s no less than a gospel truth that Child Marriages tend to be equally tragic for “Child Grooms” too. We cannot deny an accomplished fact that innocence of childhood cannot be classified into conventional binary divisions. The mental trauma suffered by a Child Groom is no less than that of a Child Bride, but it often gets overlooked or ignored under the established typical gender norms. It is indeed unfortunate to state that it is just not a rural malady, but there is no dearth of instances wherein it has been practiced in urban setups too. Marriages have always been the most respected, trusted, and accepted societal institution, but the questions that this practice and phenomena of Child Grooms put across a need of serious thinking and redefining it to better suit the modern societal outlook. It is indeed an overwhelming realization that my work attempts to research and represent it on such a scale and allows me with the liberty to widen its reach. Call it the paragon of paradoxes or facts laced with incredible ironies that we have reached the moon and back, but still, our children are doomed in pre-mature marriages.

I welcome you all to further elaborate your take on this issue. You can also share a few research articles with me on this topic as it will help me in strengthening my knowledge on this issue. This is my Ph.D. research topic.

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I'm doing a thesis about the hindu marriage , the dowry and the widow in the hindu society . I've already read some books about this topic, but I think that something is missing. Someone can provide me with books that can give me all the information I need on the subject?

Thank you for your attention.

I need to consult the baptism, marriage and burial books of the Franciscan missions of Alta California to complement a study on the propagation routes of the smallpox pandemic of 1780 in the northwest of New Spain.

Hi, I'm working on my dissertation in behavioral finance, I am open for the discussion regarding the wives financial strategic in risk of divorce possibility?

is there any other factors that might affecting the decision making process?

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I have seen other sources about attitudes for having sex before marriage. but as you know it is very important, because we live in an Islamic country. you know that you mast keep your completed questionnaire about 3 years. thanks for your kindly attention

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In the past millenia, the Chinese have refrained from marrying within their patrilineage (marrying their father’s brother’s daughter is considered incestuous and forbidden).

By contrast, Middle-Easterners (Arabs, Persians and Pakistanis) preferentially marry within their patrilineage (marrying their father’s brother’s daughter is considered a marriage ‘made in heaven’ and certainly not incestuous).

Why such a difference, while the Chinese and the Middle Easterners otherwise have similar family systems (joint families with patrilineal descent and bridewealth) ?

Some married couples used their spouses as their next of kin while some used the first child, others used the first male child. Some people also preferred to use their siblings for next of kin. Who do you think should be the next of kin as a married person or unmarried person ? What are the criteria of choosing the next of kin? I will appreciate candid answers to this question.

I need to measure the quality of marital relationship

I am doing a research on effect of social media use on marital satisfaction among married individuals. I would like to ask is there any theories related to social media and marriages.

After meeting someone who you take serious, how long should you try to convince that person to trust you for a serious relationship?.

Memo:

The question is linked to my current study of the role of Affair Partner (AP) in extramarital relationship among Muslim marriage. Affair Partner may or may not be Muslim.

A Muslim man is allowed a maximum of 4 wives at any one time. This opportunity increases the confidence of a mate poacher in pursuing relationship with a married Muslim partner.

Literature:

Mate poaching involves action and intent . Poaching involves two key elements:

Source: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-mating-game/201508/why-we-try-steal-each-others-partners

I'm wondering about attachment styles in relationship to inherited wealth. I have not found any literature or studies regarding but if any one knows of existing or developing research please let me know!

Much thanks, Michele

I am conducting a study that requires a measure of the variable, Perception of parents' romantic relationship.

Marriage, as an institution is not a that old concept. Whether, it is mandatory to marry?

The Christian marriage system is based on the prohibition of pluralism. Is it a law that came to Christ or was it put by the men of the Church?

In such workaholic academic life we find ourselves in, sometimes other important farcets of life are often neglected. These include marriage, family and hobbies. How do we ensure a balance life in this demanding academic life?

I am looking for a qualitative instrument (e.g. scale) related to minority stress, felt stigma, internalized stigma but specific to LGBTQ parents.

Last week expert Austin Ruse President/C-Fam, Editor & Publisher/Friday Fax (https://c-fam.org/) raised the alert that the UN is negotiating a new hard-law treaty that will make Church teachings crimes against humanity.

" UN Member States are now negotiating a new hard-law treaty on “crimes against humanity.” These are generally regarded as those crimes that offend all of humanity, such as the genocide of the Jews by the Germans during World War II.

The new treaty very well may include the following:

“Sexual orientation and gender identity”

And

“Forced pregnancy”

Please knew we oppose all unjust discrimination against those with same-sex attraction. However, we cannot support the idea that opposing “sexual orientation and gender identity” as a new “crime against humanity.” This would criminalize the teachings of the Church.

We faced the notion of “forced pregnancy” when the International Criminal Court was negotiated twenty years ago. In the hands of the left, “forced pregnancy” means that a woman cannot get an abortion.

Working with UN Member States twenty years ago, we got it defined as the repeated rape of a woman for the purposes of changing the demographic profile of a country, literally holding a woman prisoner until she gives birth.

This is how the new treaty will criminalize the teachings of the Church. And this is why we oppose this new language, and why we need your help."

I think that it is a problem for all humanity, it is not only a problem for catholics like myself. It seeks to force pro-abort legislation in all countries that have some protection for the unborn. If this UN treaty is approved, besides multiplying the number of aborts, many more women would be dangeroulsy wounded in their feminity because the post-abort syndrom, and beside the problems of an aging population would increase without limit. This is really irresponsably encouraging an inhumane behavior. For what use is the UN today?

The Iraqi law establishes the marriage of a girl who is 9 years old and has not attained the age of majority (18) years

Please what is your opinion according your experience?

Hi all,

I am currently working with Survey data from Germany for the period 1984-2015 analyzing the relationship between marriage and life satisfaction. Currently I am trying to drop individuals who are married but have missing data for their marital status for 2 or more years in-between reported years. I have also filled out the missing years for each individual (tsfill full) in order to have the full set of 1984-2015.

I tried generating variable showing people who are married and I tried generating variable showing missing data between the years ( pid= personal identification number or each respondent; syear= survey year; marstatus= marital status, equal to 1 when the person is married):

tab marstatus, generate (dum) * generating dummy variable for each marital status rename dum1 NA rename dum2 Married rename dum3 Single rename dum4 Widowed rename dum5 Divorced sort pid syear  egen max_gap=max(syear - syear[_n-1]), by(pid)

gen laggedmar = marstatus if (syear - syear[_n-1])

Seem though that none of those approaches work and I am generating either senseless variables, or missing observation.  I also did try: gen byte Married_missing = missing(Married) / generating dummy 0 when the person is married and 1 otherwise/ by syear Married_missing (Married), sort: gen byte Changed = (Married != Married[_n+2]) if Married_missing == 1

Do you have advice for me on how to approach this issue ? Do I need to use loop or there is easier way/ command that I can apply? 

Kind regards,

Gabriela 

Which is best, Love marriage or arrange marriage?

I am having reaaly trouble taking permission for Attitude toward Marriage and Family Scale (AMFS), developed by SUSAN ELLEN FELDMAN in 1983.

I cannot find the author!

meantime i wrote to her advisor Dr. Philip Clark , at the departmen of Psychology at Ohio State University

Also sent an email to the department of Psychology at OSU..

Please if you have any suggestion!