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  • Health Economics
  • Family Studies

Background:

  • Chronic illness poses significant challenges to individuals and relationships.
  • Understanding factors influencing relationship stability is crucial for public health and social policy.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the association between chronic illness and union dissolution.
  • To examine the mediating roles of paid work, housework, financial stress, and time stress in this association.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized longitudinal, dyadic data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey.
  • Employed competing-risks discrete-time event-history models to analyze union dissolution risk.

Main Results:

  • A 40% higher risk of union dissolution was observed when either partner had a chronic illness.
  • Financial stress was the most significant mediator, but explained only a small portion of the total association.
  • Work, housework, and time stress played minor roles in mediating the relationship between chronic illness and dissolution.

Conclusions:

  • Chronic illness is a substantial risk factor for relationship dissolution.
  • Interventions aimed at reducing financial stress associated with chronic illness may improve relationship stability.
  • Further research is needed to fully understand the complex pathways linking chronic illness and relationship breakdown.