Why Marry? Race and the Transition to Marriage among Cohabitors
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10970366 |
|---|---|
| Authors | W D Manning (0000-0002-8063-7380, Bowling Green State University, corresponding author), Pamela J Smock (0000-0001-6343-1893, Department of Sociology and Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, 1225 South University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48104) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 509-520 |
| Publication date | 1995-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Demography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0070-3370 • E-ISSN: 1533-7790 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2061671 |
| PMID | 8925943 |
| OpenAlex | W2014608938 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 140 |
| References cited | 24 |
Our study investigates the transition to first marriage among cohabiting black and white men and women, drawing on data from the National Survey of Families and Households. Our results underscore the importance of economic factors on the transition to marriage for both black and white cohabitors. We also find that for black cohabitors, but not for whites, socioeconomic disadvantage during childhood reduces the odds of marriage. The presence of children in cohabiting unions tends to increase the chances of marrying a cohabiting partner for both blacks and whites. Our results demonstrate the importance of including cohabitation in research on the marriage process
Biology · Race (biology · Sociology · Transition (genetics · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender Studies · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
Family as Institution
The Uncharted Passage
Why Don't They Just Get Married? Barriers to Marriage among the Disadvantaged
Childbearing in Cohabiting Unions
Class Differences in Cohabitation Processes
Leaving home and leaving the State
Racial/ethnic and educational disparities in married and cohabiting individuals’ propensity to form interracial unions
Economic well-being among elderly couples in marriage and cohabitation in Mexico
Love, marriage, then the baby carriage? Marriage timing and childbearing in Sweden
Informal Unions in Mexico and the United States
Children, Race/Ethnicity, and Marital Wealth Accumulation in Black and Hispanic Households
Home Economics
The Impact of Parental Pressure for Grandchildren on Young People's Entry into Cohabitation and Marriage
Living Arrangements After Divorce
Cohabitation versus Marriage
The Cohabitation Effect on Divorce
The study of singlehood
Predicting conflict within romantic relationships during the transition to adulthood
Early Pubertal Timing and the Union Formation Behaviors of Young Women
Racial discrimination and the weathering of nonmarital relationships
Economic Restructuring and the Retreat from Marriage
The risk of divorce as a barrier to marriage among parents of young children
Transition from Cohabitation to Marriage. The Role of Marital Attitudes in Seven Western and Eastern European Countries
Cohabitating Partners and Domestic Labor in Low-Income Black Families
Why are marriage and family formation increasingly disconnected across Europe? A multilevel perspective on existing theories
Families and the Moral Economy of Incarceration
Marriage among Unwed Mothers
Economic potential and entry into marriage and cohabitation
Black-White Unions
Towards Improving Surveys of Living Arrangements among Poor African Americans
Cohabitation
Residential Differences in Cohabitors' Union Transitions
Effects of Welfare Participation on Marriage
Poverty and the Marital Behavior of Young Women
Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Role of Cohabitation in Premarital Childbearing
Parental Cohabitation and Children's Economic Well-Being
Investments in Marriage and Cohabitation
A Shortage of Marriageable Men? A Note on the Role of Cohabitation in Black-White Differences in Marriage Rates
Perinatal Disparities for Black Mothers and Their Newborns
The pill and partnerships
Gender-specific labor market conditions and family formation
Incarceration and Stratification
For Richer or for Poorer
State-level Welfare Policies and Nonmarital Subsequent Childbearing
Generational Differences in Cohabitation and Marriage in the US
The Interrelations Between Cohabitation, Marriage and First Birth in Germany and Sweden
High hopes
Culture, Modernization, and Politics
The relative stability of cohabiting and marital unions for children
A Multistate Life Table Analysis of Union Regimes in the United States
Determinants of Long-Term Unions
Race Differences in Union Transitions among Cohabitors
Transitions Within and From First Unions
Spirituality, Sacrifice, and Relationship Quality for Expectant Cohabitors
Cohabitation Duration and Transient Domesticity
Emotional Supportiveness and the Union Transitions of Married and Unmarried Parents
Cohabiting partners’ economic circumstances and marriage
Interrelated family-building behaviors
The impact of welfare reform on marriage and divorce
The relationship between childbearing and transitions from marriage and cohabitation in Britain
The Social Significance of Interracial Cohabitation
Change in the Stability of First Premarital Cohabitation Among Women in the United States, 1983–2013
Transitions From Sexual Relationships Into Cohabitation and Beyond
Cohabitation and family formation in Japan
How does POSSLQ measure up? Historical estimates of cohabitation
The leveling of divorce in the united states
Testing the Economic Independence Hypothesis
Marriage or dissolution? Union transitions among poor cohabiting women
Cohabiting and marriage during young men’s career-development process
Union formation in fragile families
Diverging Patterns of Union Transition Among Cohabitors by Race/Ethnicity and Education
Life course transitions of American children
Stability across cohorts in divorce risk factors
How do marital status, work effort, and wage rates interact
African American women on the possibilities of a relationship with an ex-offender
Together despite the odds
The Prevalence and Correlates of Multipartnered Fertility Among Urban U.S. Parents
Socioeconomic preconditions to union formation
Understanding the Impact of Poverty on Critical Events in Emerging Adulthood
How do marriage market conditions affect entrance into cohabitation vs. marriage
Moving from cohabitation to marriage
Non-standard work schedules, work-family conflict and parental well-being
Sex-Specialized or Collaborative Mate Selection? Union Transitions among Cohabitors
The relationship between life course events and union formation
Cohabiting couples' economic circumstances and union transitions
Race and Women's Income Trajectories
Health Consequences of Marriage for the Retirement Years
Economic Circumstances and the Stability of Nonmarital Cohabitation
First Comes Cohabitation and then Comes Marriage
Birds of a Feather Have Babies Together? Family Structure Homogamy and Union Stability Among Cohabiting Parents
The Role of Neighborhood Disadvantage and Family Structure During Adolescence in Young Adults' Experiences of Multiple Partner Fertility (MPF)
The Childhood Living Arrangements of Children and the Characteristics of Their Marriages
Crime, Race, and the Transition to Marriage
The Transition From Cohabitation to Marriage
Adolescent Precursors of Early Union Formation Among Asian American and White Young Adults
Relationship Quality Among Cohabiting Versus Married Couples
Maternal Union Transitions and Household Food Insecurity
The diversity in longitudinal partnership trajectories during the transition to adulthood
Men's economic status and marital transitions of fragile families
A gender perspective on preferences for marriage among cohabitating couples
Event History Analysis
The Truly Disadvantaged
Cohabitation and marriage in the 1980s
Patterns of Entry into Cohabitation and Marriage Among Mainland Puerto Rican Women
Entry into marriage and parenthood by young men and women
The Influence of Nonmarital Childbearing on the Formation of First Marriages
Employment and Marriage among Inner-city Fathers
Absent Fathers in the Inner City
Teenage childbearing as an alternative life-course strategy in multigeneration black families
Cohabitation
Marriage Trends in America
Race and the Retreat From Marriage
The Changing American Family
Marriage Markets and the Paradox of Mexican American Nuptiality
Marriage Opportunities and Family Formation
The Role of Cohabitation in Declining Rates of Marriage
Partner Choice in Marriages and Cohabitations
Race Differences in Attitudinal and Motivational Factors in the Decision to Marry
Marriage and Cohabitation following Premarital Conception
Influence of the Marital History of Parents on the Marital and Cohabitational Experiences of Children
Local Marriage Markets and the Marital Behavior of Black and White Women
The Divergence of Black and White Marriage Patterns
Intergenerational Consequences of Family Disruption
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