MARITAL INSTABILITY AMONG HISPANICS

拟议研究的主要目标是调查， 比较视角、流行率、时间模式和决定因素 研究的重点是， 墨西哥裔美国人、波多黎各人和古巴人， 与盎格鲁人（非西班牙裔白色人）和黑人进行的额外比较 人口。 本研究的具体目的是：（1） 确定婚姻不稳定的普遍性，存在于每一个 这三个西班牙裔群体相互之间以及与黑人相比， Anglos在1960、1970和1980年的研究结果;（2）估计特定的 婚姻不稳定的人口和社会经济决定因素 （3）分析婚姻状况的变化; 在1960-1980年期间的不稳定性，区分西班牙裔;和（4） 为了测试对西班牙文化的依恋在多大程度上可以解释 不同程度的婚姻解体 数据源将是1960年、1970年和1980年的公共使用微观数据文件 这些年的十年一次的人口普查;即，1960年， 1970年公共使用样本（PUS）和1980年公共使用微观数据样本 （A）。 都是结过婚的墨西哥裔波多黎各裔古巴裔 人与一个在两个和一个在十个样本的黑色和 英国人将分别组成样本。 的大小 婚姻不稳定的决定因素和 时间将通过使用对数线性技术来指定， 比标准回归更适合这类数据 程序. 婚姻状况显然是家庭的一个关键和决定性特征， 家庭结构，这一分析应有助于我们的实质性 了解美国家庭的巨大结构变化， 过去的二十年

The major objective of the proposed research is to investigate, in comparative perspective, the prevalence, temporal patterns and determinants of marital instability among Hispanics in the U.S. The focus of the study will be on the Mexican American, Puerto Rican and Cuban populations, with additional comparisons drawn with the Anglo (non-Hispanic white) and black populations. The research has the following specific aims: (1) To ascertain the prevalence of marital instability that exists among each of the three Hispanic groups as compared to each other and to blacks and Anglos in 1960, 1970 and 1980; (2) To estimate the effects of specific demographic and socioeconomic determinants of marital instability affecting the racial/ethnic groups of interest; (3) To analyze the changes in marital instability over the 1960-1980 interval that distinguish Hispanics; and (4) To test the extent to which attachment to Hispanic culture may account for different levels of marital dissolution. The data source will be the 1960, 1970 and 1980 Public Use micro-data files available from the decennial censuses in those years; i.e., the 1960 and 1970 Public Use Samples (PUS) and the 1980 Public Use Micro-Data Samples (PUMS-A). All ever-married Mexican American, Puerto Rican and Cuban persons together with a one in two and a one in ten sample of black and Anglo persons, respectively, will comprise the sample. The magnitude of the net effects of determinants of marital instability and of changes over time will be specified through the use of log-linear techniques that are more appropriate for data of this sort than are standard regression procedures. Marital status is obviously a crucial and defining feature of household and family structure, and this analysis should contribute substantially to our understanding of the massive structural changes in the American family over the past two decades.