MATE AVAILABILITY AND FAMILY-STRUCTURE AMONG AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN UNITED-STATES METROPOLITAN-AREAS
MATE AVAILABILITY AND FAMILY-STRUCTURE AMONG AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN UNITED-STATES METROPOLITAN-AREAS
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10.2307/352802
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发表时间：
1993-05-01
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KIECOLT, KJ
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FOSSETT, MA;KIECOLT, KJ
对 1980 年美国大都市区的人口普查和人口动态统计数据进行了分析，以调查非裔美国人的配偶可用性、男性和女性的社会经济地位和就业水平、公共援助水平、人口规模和地区对家庭形成和家庭结构的几个方面的影响。正如理论预测的那样，以性别比衡量的配偶可获得性对女性结婚率有正向影响，对男性结婚率有负向影响，而且对女性结婚率的影响绝对量更大。配偶的可用性也对夫妻家庭的普遍性和婚生百分比产生强烈的积极影响。男性社会经济地位对男女结婚率、夫妻家庭率、夫妻家庭子女比例、婚生子女比例有正向影响。妇女的社会经济地位和公共援助水平对这些变量有负面影响。我们的结论是，配偶的可用性、男性的社会经济地位、女性的地位和经济独立是非裔美国人家庭形成和家庭结构的重要决定因素。
Census and vital statistics data for U.S. metropolitan areas in 1980 were analyzed to investigate the effects of mate availability, men's and women's levels of socioeconomic status and employment, level of public assistance, population size, and region on several aspects of family formation and family structure among African Americans. As predicted by theory, mate availability as measured by the sex ratio had a positive effect on marriage prevalence for women and a negative effect on marriage prevalence for men, and the effect on women's marriage prevalence was stronger in absolute magnitude. Mate availability also had strong positive effects on the prevalence of husband-wife families and the percentage of marital births. Men's socioeconomic status had positive effects on men's and women's marriage prevalence, the prevalence of husband-wife families, the percentage of children residing in husband-wife families, and the percentage of marital births. Women's socioeconomic status and level of public assistance had negative effects on these variables. We conclude that mate availability, men's socioeconomic status, and women's status and economic independence are important determinants of African American family formation and family structure.