Stability of Men’s Interracial First Unions: A Test of Educational Differentials and Cohabitation History |
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Authors: | Antwan Jones |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Sociology, The George Washington University, 801 22nd Street NW, Washington, DC 20052, USA |
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Abstract: | Using the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth, this study examines how cohabitation and education affect marital dissolution
for White, Black and Latino heterosexual males (N = 1,395) in their first same-race or interracial union. This research suggests
that a history of cohabitation, plans of marriage and education may help explain the divergent divorce patterns of interracial
and same-race unions. Life table analyses and hazard modeling reveal that cohabitation and education have independent effects
on marital dissolution, but neither explains the difference between interracial and same-race unions. Measures traditionally
associated with divorce attenuate this difference. Subsequent analyses by racial union pairing suggest that Black men with
White women and Latino men with Black women have significantly high risks of divorce. |
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