Union Transitions Following the Birth of a Child to Cohabiting Parents.
Union Transitions Following the Birth of a Child to Cohabiting Parents.
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孩子出生后，工会转变为同居父母。
DOI：
10.1007/s11113-012-9231-z
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发表时间：
2012
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Peterson,Kristen
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作者：
Manlove,Jennifer;Wildsmith,Elizabeth;Ikramullah,Erum;Ryan,Suzanne;Holcombe,Emily;Scott,Mindy;Peterson,Kristen
尽管人们对未婚女性的家庭轨迹越来越感兴趣，但对同居父母的婚姻过渡的研究却很有限。利用2002年全国家庭成长调查的数据，我们研究了家庭复杂性（包括关系和生育史），以及结合和生育的特征，如何与1105名在同居关系中生育的女性的婚姻或分居过渡联系在一起。同居父母有复杂的关系和生育史，这与婚姻过渡有关。之前非婚生育的人结婚的相对风险较低，而分居的风险较高。相比之下，婚前或婚内生育与婚姻稳定（结婚或保持同居）有关。结合和出生的特点也很重要。重要的种族/民族差异在分析中显现出来。黑人父母的家族史最为复杂，而他们的婚姻过渡风险相对最低。稳定的同居在西班牙裔母亲中更为普遍，家庭复杂性对她们结婚的相对风险尤为重要。怀孕后开始同居的白人母亲最有可能结婚，这表明“仓促同居”是通往婚姻的垫脚石。
Despite a growing interest in the family trajectories of unmarried women, there has been limited research on union transitions among cohabiting parents. Using data from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth, we examined how family complexity (including relationship and fertility histories), as well as characteristics of the union and birth, were associated with transitions to marriage or to separation among 1,105 women who had a birth in a cohabiting relationship. Cohabiting parents had complex relationship and fertility histories, which were tied to union transitions. Having a previous nonmarital birth was associated with a lower relative risk of marriage and a greater risk of separation. In contrast, a prior marriage or marital birth was linked to union stability (getting married or remaining cohabiting). Characteristics of the union and birth were also important. Important racial/ethnic differences emerged in the analyses. Black parents had the most complex family histories and the lowest relative risk of transitioning to marriage. Stable cohabitations were more common among Hispanic mothers, and measures of family complexity were particularly important to their relative risk of marriage. White mothers who began cohabiting after conception were the most likely to marry, suggesting that “shot-gun cohabitations” serve as a stepping-stone to marriage.