Search Results
Title: Internet Access and Partnership Formation in the United States
Resulting in 1 citation.
| 1. |
Sironi, Maria Kashyap, Ridhi |
|
Internet Access and Partnership Formation in the United States Presented: Austin TX, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, April 2019 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Cohabitation; Computer Use/Internet Access; Current Population Survey (CPS) / CPS-Fertility Supplement; Dating; Marriage; Sociability/Socialization/Social Interaction Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Unlike older communication technologies, the internet has broadened the scope for social interaction and enabled people to meet with people outside their existing social network. This feature of the technology is perhaps most salient for its role in helping people search for mates. While the internet may enlarge the pool of prospective partners, access to a larger pool may also delay the transition to partnership as the option for alternatives may induce individuals to search longer. We examine this effect of the internet on both heterosexual and homosexual partnership formation using nationally-representative data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth and the Current Population Survey from the US. We find that while the effect of the internet on the transition to partnership is negative at younger ages, the effect of the internet on increasing the propensity to partner becomes positive as individuals become older, for both homosexual and heterosexual partnerships. |
|
|
Bibliography Citation
Sironi, Maria and Ridhi Kashyap. "Internet Access and Partnership Formation in the United States." Presented: Austin TX, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, April 2019.
|