Early marriage in a Hmong cohort

Married and not-married Hmong female high school students were compared on attitudinal, achievement, and background variables to explore factors associated with early marriage and to determine consequences of early marriage for mental health and educational expectations. Although more than half of t...

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Published in:Journal of marriage and family 1994-08, Vol.56 (3), p.579-590
Main Authors: Hutchison, R, McNall, M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic achievement
Adolescence
Adolescents
Asian Americans
Asians
aspirations
attitudes and opinions
Children
cultural sociology
Early Marriage
Educational Attainment
Female fertility
Females
gender differences
High school seniors
High School Students
High schools
Hmong
Hmong People
Marriage
Marriage Patterns
Marriage Timing
Married Students
mental health
Minority & ethnic groups
Older adults
parenthood
Refugees
Secondary Education
Secondary school students
self-esteem
Sexuality. Marriage. Family relations
Social research
Sociology
Sociology of the family. Age groups
Southeast Asian Cultural Groups
Southeast Asians
Well Being
Wellbeing
Women
Womens studies
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Summary:Married and not-married Hmong female high school students were compared on attitudinal, achievement, and background variables to explore factors associated with early marriage and to determine consequences of early marriage for mental health and educational expectations. Although more than half of the female students were married by their senior year of high school, the majority remained in school, had educational expectations similar to their not-married peers, and were not differentiated on indices of depression, psychological well-being, self-esteem, self-derogation, or mastery. The more usual individualistic models of marriage choice, which would consider this pattern "nonnormative" or "disorderly," may not be appropriate for ethnic subgroups such as the Hmong, where high educational expectations coexist with high rates of early marriage and early childbearing.
ISSN:0022-2445
1741-3737
DOI:10.2307/352869