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Title: Pathways to Educational Homogamy in Marital and Cohabiting Unions
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Schwartz, Christine R. |
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Pathways to Educational Homogamy in Marital and Cohabiting Unions Demography 47,3 (August 2010): 735-753. Also: http://www.springerlink.com/content/u377n482781tv002/ Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Assortative Mating; Cohabitation; Divorce; Educational Attainment; Homogamy; Marriage Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. There is considerable disagreement about whether cohabitors are more or less likely to be educationally homogamous than married couples. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, I reconcile many of the disparate findings of previous research by conducting a "stock and flow" analysis of assortative cohabitation and marriage. I find that cohabitors are less likely to be educationally homogamous than married couples overall, but these differences are not apparent when cohabiting and marital unions begin. Instead, the results suggest that differences in educational homogamy by union type are driven by selective exits from marriage and cohabitation rather than by differences in partner choice. Marriages that cross educational boundaries are particularly likely to end. The findings suggest that although cohabitors place greater emphasis on egalitarianism than married couples, this does not translate into greater educational homogamy. The findings are also consistent with a large body of research on cohabitation and divorce questioning the effectiveness of cohabitation as a trial marriage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Demography is the property of Population Association of America and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.) |
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Schwartz, Christine R. "Pathways to Educational Homogamy in Marital and Cohabiting Unions." Demography 47,3 (August 2010): 735-753.
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