Are men or women more reluctant to marry in couples sharing a non-marital birth?

In this paper I examine whether one gender is driving the "retreat from marriage" among unmarried parents. I use a sample of romantically involved unmarried parents--taken from the Fragile Families and Child Well-Being Survey--to examine whether a gender difference exists in marriage attit...

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Published in:Gender issues 2006-04, Vol.23 (2), p.20-43
Main Author: Shafer, Emily Fitzgibbons
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cohabitation
Marriage
Men
Parents
Sex Differences
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Summary:In this paper I examine whether one gender is driving the "retreat from marriage" among unmarried parents. I use a sample of romantically involved unmarried parents--taken from the Fragile Families and Child Well-Being Survey--to examine whether a gender difference exists in marriage attitudes that are current-relationship specific and not relationship specific, with and without controls of current relationship quality. Using ordered logistical analysis, I find that, net of other factors, men are more positive regarding marriage and their current relationship than their female partners.[PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:1098-092X
1936-4717
DOI:10.1007/s12147-000-0021-2