Thread by @BradWilcoxIFS

1. Fascinating new study from @rlhopcro @unccharlotte:

The relationship between 💵 & key family outcomes (being married, having kids, getting divorced) varies a lot by sex, even today.

@FamStudiesifstudies.org/blog/whose-mon…

2. For

✔️ men, more 💵 = more marriage

✔️ women, more 💵 = less marriage

Source: @rlhopcro @unccharlotte
ifstudies.org/blog/whose-mon…

3. For
✔️ men, more 💵 = lot less divorce

✔️ women, more 💵 = little less divorce

4. When it comes to childbearing:

"Here, the sex difference is very stark. Higher-income men are more likely to have children; higher-income women are less likely to have children, and the sex difference is statistically significant."

5. "Most sociologists would argue that this is because we live in a gendered social world, where it remains normative for men to provide for families. Of course, this is true. But evolutionary psychologists would argue that this gendered social world is sustained, in part, by emotions and psychologies that differ somewhat by sex, particularly the powerful emotions having to do with sexuality, marriage, and parenting. Thus, even in the U.S. where women can and do earn as much as men, the actual behavioral choices men and women make differ, despite the tremendous economic and cultural changes in our society." @rlhopcro @unccharlotte