Can differential exposure to risk factors explain recent racial and ethnic variation in marital disruption?

Article Abstract:

The data from the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) is used to investigate whether racial/ethnic differences in exposure to risk factors for disruption can explain the variation in levels of marital instability across groups. A wide array of risk factors for disruption is considered, the marital instability among Mexican American women are analyzed and the results have indicated that the White-African Americans, African Americans-Mexican differentials in disruption would be reduced by approximately 30% and 50%, respectively.

Husband and wife, Husband-wife relations, Multiculturalism, Mexican American women

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Explaining discrepant findings in cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses: An application to U.S. homicide rates

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The possible explanations for discrepant findings using decomposition approach with panel data on 404 U.S. counties the period 1970-1999 are considered. The findings highlight the importance of distinguishing among possible stock and flow effects and are significant for study of crime and also for other social phenomena.

Labor Distribution by Employer, Statistics, Interpersonal relations, Homicide, Statistical data, Covariation model

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Black women: truly disadvantaged in the transition from employment to retirement income

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The effects of racial and gender inequality in employment and retirement income is demonstrated. Results conclude that black women are truly the sufferers as far as employment and retirement income are concerned compared to black men and white women.

Labor force information, Income Distribution, Employment, Comparative analysis, Retirement income

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