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Title: Sex Differences in the Transition to Marriage: Evidence about Change
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Goldscheider, Frances Kobrin Waite, Linda J. |
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Sex Differences in the Transition to Marriage: Evidence about Change Report, NICHD. Brown University, Population Studies and Training Center, 1985 Cohort(s): Young Men, Young Women Publisher: Population Studies and Training Center, Brown University Keyword(s): Marital Satisfaction/Quality Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Prepared for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Among the many transitions young people make as they enter adulthood, marriage is perhaps the most important. This paper uses data from the NLS Young Women's and Young Men's cohorts to examine the transition to marriage and how it differs by sex, testing the extent of variation in the desirability of marriage for men and women, and the effects of marriage market factors and marital and nonmarital roles. The design of the analysis allows the effects of these factors to vary over the young adult years. The pattern of findings suggest that recent declines in the marriage rate have not resulted from increased barriers to marriage but from declines in relative preferences for marriage. |
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Goldscheider, Frances Kobrin and Linda J. Waite. "Sex Differences in the Transition to Marriage: Evidence about Change." Report, NICHD. Brown University, Population Studies and Training Center, 1985. |