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Marital Status Classification

Marital Status Classification is a methodological framework in social science research that systematically categorizes individuals into distinct relational states, such as single, married, divorced, widowed, or separated, based on legal, cohabitative, and self-reported indicators to enable standardized analysis of demographic and socioeconomic patterns.

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The Epidemiology of Social Stress

R. Jay Turner, Blair Wheaton, Donald A. Lloyd · American Sociological Review · 1995 · 1.4K citations

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Gender, marital status and the social control of health behavior

Debra Umberson · Social Science & Medicine · 1992 · 1.4K citations

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Marital Status and Survival in Patients With Cancer

Ayal A. Aizer, Ming‐Hui Chen, Ellen P. McCarthy et al. · Journal of Clinical Oncology · 2013 · 1K citations · Full text

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Social Anatomy of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Violence

Robert J. Sampson, Jeffrey D. Morenoff, Stephen W. Raudenbush · American Journal of Public Health · 2005 · 961 citations · Full text

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Emotional Support and Survival after Myocardial Infarction

Lisa Berkman, Linda Leo‐Summers, Ralph I. Horwitz · Annals of Internal Medicine · 1992 · 835 citations

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  1. WR
    Walter R. Gove

    Vanderbilt University, United States

    8 publications · 1.9K citations

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  2. LM
    Linda M. Chatters

    University of Michigan, United States

    7 publications · 786 citations

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  3. RJ
    Robert Joseph Taylor

    University of Michigan, United States

    7 publications · 574 citations

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  4. AJ
    Augustine J. Kposowa

    University of California, Riverside, United States

    6 publications · 164 citations

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  5. SJ
    Stephanie J. Ventura

    National Center for Health Statistics, United States

    6 publications · 1.5K citations

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  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    26 h-index

    81 publications

    5.6K citations

  2. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    26 h-index

    65 publications

    5.9K citations

  3. Karolinska Institutet

    Stockholm, Sweden

    20 h-index

    77 publications

    3K citations

  4. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    20 h-index

    57 publications

    3.3K citations

  5. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    19 h-index

    66 publications

    3.6K citations

  6. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    19 h-index

    41 publications

    3.1K citations

  7. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    19 h-index

    40 publications

    2.3K citations

  8. National Center for Health Statistics

    Hyattsville, United States

    18 h-index

    19 publications

    2.9K citations

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  1. PubMed

    Repository · 160 publications · 8K citations

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  2. Journal of Marriage and the Family

    64 publications · 6.3K citations

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  3. PLoS ONE

    32 publications · 1.5K citations

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  4. American Journal of Public Health

    JPH · 20 publications · 2.5K citations

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  5. Social Science & Medicine

    18 publications · 3.4K citations

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