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Title: Do Men's Characteristics Affect Whether a Nonmarital Pregnancy Results in Marriage?
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1. Zavodny, Madeline
Do Men's Characteristics Affect Whether a Nonmarital Pregnancy Results in Marriage?
Journal of Marriage and Family 61,3 (August 1999): 764-773.
Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/353576
Cohort(s): NLSY79, Young Men
Publisher: National Council on Family Relations
Keyword(s): Abortion; Childbearing; Contraception; Fertility; Marriage; Parents, Single; Pregnancy and Pregnancy Outcomes; Racial Differences

A decline in the likelihood that a nonmarital pregnancy will result in marriage has contributed to the dramatic rise in the US nonmarital birth ratio since the 1960s. Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth are used to examine the effect of men's characteristics on whether they marry in the event of a nonmarital pregnancy & whether changes in average characteristics of men & in their effect have contributed to the declining probability of legitimation. Results indicate that the characteristics associated with the probability of marriage differ for whites & blacks. Changes over time in men's behavior & average characteristics appear to have lowered the probability of legitimation among white men, but only changes in behavior appear to have contributed to the decline in legitimation among black men. 2 Tables, 28 References. Adapted from the source document.
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Zavodny, Madeline. "Do Men's Characteristics Affect Whether a Nonmarital Pregnancy Results in Marriage?" Journal of Marriage and Family 61,3 (August 1999): 764-773.