Two Decades of Family Change: The Shifting Economic Foundations of Marriage

To determine whether the relationship between economic prospects and marriage formation in the US has changed in recent decades, a discrete-time event-history analysis was conducted using data from multiple cohorts of the National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor Market Experience.

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Published in:American sociological review 2002-02, Vol.67 (1), p.132
Main Author: Sweeney, Megan M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adults
Attitudes
Baby boomers
Careers
Economic change
Economic conditions
Educational Attainment
Egalitarianism
Employment Level
Families & family life
Family Characteristics
Females
Gender
Interpersonal Attraction
Labor force
Labor Force Nonparticipants
Labor market
Longitudinal Studies
Males
Marital Status
Market positioning
Marriage
Racial differences
Sex Role
Social Change
Sociology
Specialization
Spouses
Standard of living
Trends
Women
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Summary:To determine whether the relationship between economic prospects and marriage formation in the US has changed in recent decades, a discrete-time event-history analysis was conducted using data from multiple cohorts of the National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor Market Experience.
ISSN:0003-1224
1939-8271
DOI:10.2307/3088937