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Race/Ethnicity and Nativity Status: Marital Expectations Among Cohabiting Men and Women

Cohen, Jessica A
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1187373378

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2007, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, Sociology.
Using the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth, this study investigates the relationship between socioeconomic status, fertility and union history with cohabitor’s marital expectations, focusing on the race/ethnicity and nativity status differential in marital expectations. The results indicate that marital expectations do differ by race/ethnicity. First, for women, Black cohabitors have lower marital expectations than Whites. For men, Black cohabitors share similar marital expectations as Whites. Second, White men have lower marital expectations than native-born Hispanic male cohabitors, while White women and native-born Hispanic female cohabitors share similar marital expectations. Lastly, for men and women, foreign-born Hispanics have lower marital expectations than native-born Hispanics. These differences in marital expectations are not explained by socioeconomic status, fertility or union history; however socioeconomic status and fertility history have a significant relationship with marital expectations. This study supports the use of a couple level indicator of race/ethnicity and the importance of measuring nativity status.
Wendy Manning (Advisor)
Cohabitation; Marriage; marriage expectations; race; ethnicity

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  • Cohen, J. A. (2007). Race/Ethnicity and Nativity Status: Marital Expectations Among Cohabiting Men and Women [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1187373378

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Cohen, Jessica. Race/Ethnicity and Nativity Status: Marital Expectations Among Cohabiting Men and Women. 2007. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1187373378.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Cohen, Jessica. "Race/Ethnicity and Nativity Status: Marital Expectations Among Cohabiting Men and Women." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1187373378

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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