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Shale and Family Through the Boom and Bust: Shale Employment’s Impact on Marriage, Divorce, and Cohabitation

Shepard, Michael
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1523873757214608

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2018, Master of Science, Ohio State University, Human Ecology: Human Development and Family Science.
Shale oil and gas extraction technology has caused a large shift in the United States energy landscape over the last decade. While many studies have focused on the economic and environmental impact of shale development, few have examined social changes brought by resource extraction. I examine the influence of shale oil and gas employment as a share of overall county employment on county marriage, divorce, and cohabitation rates. I find evidence of decreased marriage rates and increased divorced rates from 2009-2014, driven largely by nonmetro counties. Implications are discussed.
Michael Betz (Advisor)
Anastasia Snyder (Advisor)
53 p.
Demographics; Demography; Energy; Families and Family Life; Individual and Family Studies; Mining; Social Research
Shale; Oil; Gas; Marriage; Divorce; Cohabitation; Mining; Extraction; Nonmetro family; metro family; shale development

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  • Shepard, M. (2018). Shale and Family Through the Boom and Bust: Shale Employment’s Impact on Marriage, Divorce, and Cohabitation [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1523873757214608

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Shepard, Michael. Shale and Family Through the Boom and Bust: Shale Employment’s Impact on Marriage, Divorce, and Cohabitation. 2018. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1523873757214608.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Shepard, Michael. "Shale and Family Through the Boom and Bust: Shale Employment’s Impact on Marriage, Divorce, and Cohabitation." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1523873757214608

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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