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Understanding Racial Differences in Marital Disruption: Recent Trends and Explanations

Year: 2004

Type: article

Abstract: We use data from the Current Population Survey to investigate racial differences in recent patterns of marital disruption. Although a leveling in the trend of disruption has occurred for White women since 1980, our results suggest less stabilization in rates of disruption among Black women. We also observe significant differences by race in the effects of key compositional factors on the risk of marital disruption, including age at marriage, education, premarital childbearing, and region of residence. Differences in population composition with respect to these characteristics, however, cannot alone explain the overall racial gap in disruption.

Source: Journal of Marriage and the Family

DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-2445.2004.00043.x

Authors: Megan M. Sweeney, Julie A. Phillips

Institutions: University of California, Los Angeles, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Language: English

Topic: Family Dynamics and Relationships

Subfield: Demography

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Gender equality

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: Research Council, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey