Mate availability and African American family structure in the U.S. nonmetropolitan South, 1960-1990
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A study identified the structural predictors of African American marriage and family formation in nonmetropolitan counties in the Southern US from 1960 to 1990. Results found that higher sex ratios are related to a higher frequency of marriage for women, a higher frequency of husband-wife families, greater number of children residing in husband-wife families and greater number of marital births. The socioeconomic opportunities and status of men were positively related to the aforementioned variables while socioeconomic opportunities and status, levels of public assistance, and community size were negatively associated.
Publication Name: Journal of Marriage and the Family
Subject: Family and marriage
ISSN: 0022-2445
Year: 1997
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Mate availability and family structure among African Americans in U.S. metropolitan areas
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A study by the Departments of Sociology of Texas A&M University and Arizona State University used census and vital statistics data of US metropolitan areas in 1980 to reveal the crucial effect of women's status and economic independence, men's economic status and mate availability on African American family formation and structure.
Publication Name: Journal of Marriage and the Family
Subject: Family and marriage
ISSN: 0022-2445
Year: 1993
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Marital processes and parental socialization in families of color: A decade review of research
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A review of the research published during the Nineties concerning Latino, Asian American, and African American families is presented. Particular reference is made to the demographic trends in family formation and structure, parental socialization processes, and racial differences in issues such as division of labor.
Publication Name: Journal of Marriage and the Family
Subject: Family and marriage
ISSN: 0022-2445
Year: 2000
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