TY - JOUR
T1 - Generational differences in cohabitation and marriage in the US
AU - Brown, Susan L.
AU - Hook, Jennifer
AU - Glick, Jennifer E.
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments The research for this paper was supported in part by the Center for Family and Demographic Research, Bowling Green State University, which has core funding from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R21HD042831-01). We thank Victoria Buelow for her research assistance.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - We use data from pooled 2000 to 2004 current population surveys (CPSs) to examine generational differences in cohabitation and marriage among men and women ages 20-34 in the US. Consistent with our expectation and in line with assimilation theory, levels of cohabitation rise across succeeding generations. In contrast, generational differences in marriage follow a curvilinear pattern such that those in the second generation are least likely to be married, which supports some contemporary extensions of assimilation theory. These patterns persist across education groups, and tend to hold across racial and ethnic groups, too, although among women, the predicted percentages cohabiting across generations vary widely by race-ethnicity.
AB - We use data from pooled 2000 to 2004 current population surveys (CPSs) to examine generational differences in cohabitation and marriage among men and women ages 20-34 in the US. Consistent with our expectation and in line with assimilation theory, levels of cohabitation rise across succeeding generations. In contrast, generational differences in marriage follow a curvilinear pattern such that those in the second generation are least likely to be married, which supports some contemporary extensions of assimilation theory. These patterns persist across education groups, and tend to hold across racial and ethnic groups, too, although among women, the predicted percentages cohabiting across generations vary widely by race-ethnicity.
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U2 - 10.1007/s11113-008-9088-3
DO - 10.1007/s11113-008-9088-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 22190764
AN - SCOPUS:50849097842
SN - 0167-5923
VL - 27
SP - 531
EP - 550
JO - Population Research and Policy Review
JF - Population Research and Policy Review
IS - 5
ER -