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Title: Military Service and Entry into Marriage: Comparing Service Members to Civilians
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Hemez, Paul |
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Military Service and Entry into Marriage: Comparing Service Members to Civilians Presented: Chicago IL, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, April 2017 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Age at First Marriage; Marriage; Military Service; Socioeconomic Background Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. The military offers a springboard to economic stability during a time when it is increasingly difficult for young minority and disadvantaged men to achieve such stability. While enlisting in the armed forces was positively associated with entry into marriage during the first fifteen years of the all-volunteer force, the relationship between military service and marriage among subsequent generations of young adults has been unexplored. Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, this study aims to examine the influence of enlistment on entry into marriage for contemporary young men. A specific focus is to consider whether the race and social class marriage gap persists among enlistees. Preliminary results suggest that young men who served (between 1997 and 2011) were significantly more likely to marry, and did so at younger ages, than civilians. This study offers insights into pathways to marriage for social groups who are disadvantaged in the marriage market. |
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Hemez, Paul. "Military Service and Entry into Marriage: Comparing Service Members to Civilians." Presented: Chicago IL, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, April 2017. |