Racial and ethnic differences in the role of cohabitation in premarital childbearing
Racial and ethnic differences in the role of cohabitation in premarital childbearing
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10.2307/353377
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发表时间：
1996-02-01
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Landale, NS
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作者：
Manning, WD;Landale, NS
本文报告的研究重点是同居在美国女性婚前生育中的作用。利用全国家庭和家庭调查以及纽约生育、就业和移民调查的数据，我们考察了同居对婚前怀孕的可能性以及在婚前怀孕和生育之间结婚的决定的影响。我们的分析表明，同居联盟在家庭建设中的作用存在明显的种族和民族差异。尽管同居增加了所有女性的婚前怀孕率，但它对波多黎各人的影响要比非西班牙裔白人和非裔美国人大得多。同居加速了婚前怀孕的白人妇女向婚姻的过渡，但对黑人没有影响，对波多黎各人有强烈的负面影响。我们根据每个群体中长期存在的家庭模式和文化传统来解释我们的发现。
The research reported in this article focuses on the role of cohabitation in premarital childbearing among U.S. women. Using data from the National Survey of Families and Households and the New York Fertility, Employment and Migration Survey, we examine the influence of cohabitation on the likelihood of premarital pregnancy and the decision to marry between premarital conception and birth. Our analyses show marked racial and ethnic differences in the role of the cohabiting union in family building. Although cohabitation increases the rate of premarital pregnancy for all women, its effect is much greater among Puerto Ricans than among non-Hispanic Whites and African Americans. Cohabitation accelerates the transition to marriage among premaritally pregnant White women, but has no effect among Blacks and has a strong negative effect among Puerto Ricans. We interpret our findings in terms of long-standing family patterns and cultural traditions within each group.