Understanding Racial Differences in Marital Disruption: Recent Trends and Explanations
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Understanding Racial Differences in Marital Disruption: Recent Trends and Explanations
We use data from the Current Population Survey to investigate racial differences in recent patterns of marital disruption. Although a leveling in the trend of disruption has occurred for White women since 1980, our results suggest less stabilization in rates of disruption among Black women. We also observe significant differences by race in the effects of key compositional factors on the risk o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Marriage and Family
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0022-2445,1741-3737
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-2445.2004.00043.x