er, not worse, 2003) reported on results of a longitudinal study by a Johns Hopkins University Researcher which suggests that among low-income women, among whom marriage rates are considerably lower than among their more affluent or financially comfortable peers, divorce may be linked not so much to extra-marital behavior but to physical, sexual and emotional abuse. This researcher commented that among low-income women, including those from minority racial and ethnic groups, pregnancy is less and less seen as a reason for marrying and the presence of dependent school-age children in the home as insufficient cause for remaining married รป particularly when there are elements of abuse present within the relationship. Additionally, the Johns Hopkins University research indicated that low-income women whose husbands and partners are unfaithful are less and less likely to remain in the relationship than in the past;
Several studies have attempted to determine the causes of infidelity. Shackelford and Buss
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