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Author: Kobrin, Frances E.
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Kobrin, Frances E. Waite, Linda J. |
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Effects of Childhood Family Structure on the Transition to Marriage Journal of Marriage and Family 46,4 (1984): 807-816. Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/352528 Cohort(s): Young Men, Young Women Publisher: National Council on Family Relations Keyword(s): Children; Divorce; Family Influences; Family Structure; Marriage; Racial Differences; Teenagers Increasing rates of divorce mean that many more children than in the past spend part of their childhood in single- parent families. Using data from two national longitudinal surveys of young people, this study explored the effects of family structure during the teenage years on the likelihood of eventual marriage for both males and females. Results suggested that the family patterns children experience when they are growing up continue to have an impact on their own patterns of family formation. However, this effect appeared to affect sons and daughters and blacks and whites somewhat differently. For example, a history of family instability affected black males more fundamentally than black females in that it reduced the overall chances of marriage. The social consequences of nonmarriage are discussed, as are the limitations of the study. Finally, emphasis is placed on the need to examine more broadly the impact of childhood experiences on other aspects of adjustment in adulthood. |
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Kobrin, Frances E. and Linda J. Waite. "Effects of Childhood Family Structure on the Transition to Marriage." Journal of Marriage and Family 46,4 (1984): 807-816.
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Kobrin, Frances E. Waite, Linda J. |
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Effects of Family Stability and Nestleaving Patterns on the Transition to Marriage Presented: Detroit, MI, American Sociological Association Annual Meetings, 1983 Cohort(s): Young Women Publisher: American Sociological Association Keyword(s): Divorce; Family Formation; Family Structure; Marriage; Mothers, Behavior; Nestleaving Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Data from the Young Women cohort of the NLS are used to explore patterns of family formation related to two major areas of change in U.S. family structure: (1) the increasing experience of parental divorce; and (2) decline in age of leaving home. The following two questions are addressed. First, are children who grow up in an intact family more likely to marry at any given age than those who do not? Interpretations of results showing the "heritability" of divorce include a possible reluctance by partners who have experienced divorce as children to invest enough in their marriages to keep them going; it seems plausible that they might also be less willing to take the risk at all. This hypothesis may explain the consistent finding of lower marriage rates for blacks than for nonblacks. Second, are children who leave home early, thus experiencing a "role hiatus" in terms of family relationships, less likely to marry at a given age than those who have not had this experience? While many women go away to school, and so increase their economic alternatives to marriage, many others attend college while living at home, and are thus less exposed to alternative spending patterns, and less likely to experience autonomy and independence before marriage. |
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Bibliography Citation
Kobrin, Frances E. and Linda J. Waite. "Effects of Family Stability and Nestleaving Patterns on the Transition to Marriage." Presented: Detroit, MI, American Sociological Association Annual Meetings, 1983. |