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Title: White and Latino Remarriage Differences in the United States: A Case for Moving beyond the Catholic Assumption
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McNamee, Catherine |
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White and Latino Remarriage Differences in the United States: A Case for Moving beyond the Catholic Assumption Presented: Dublin, Ireland, Society for Longitudinal and Life Course Studies (SLLS) International Conference, October 2015 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Society for Longitudinal and Life Course Studies Keyword(s): Ethnic Differences; Hispanic Studies; Religious Influences; Remarriage Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. In the United States, Latinos and non-Hispanic Whites have similar first marriage and divorce rates, but Latinos remarry at lower rates than Whites. Although Latinos are disproportionately more Catholic than Whites and Latinos remarry less than Whites, assuming that religion is driving the remarriage difference could be a religious congruence fallacy, which occurs when religion is assumed to be the driving influence behind a behaviour actually shaped by other forces. The present study utilizes the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 and discrete-time event history analysis to examine the influence of religious affiliation and attendance on ethnic remarriage differences. The findings suggest that Catholicism does not account for the lower rates of remarriage of Latinos compared to Whites. Taking into account religious affiliation had minimal to no effects on the odd ratios of 119 Latinos compared to Whites; furthermore, the odds remained significantly lower for Latinos compared to Whites, suggesting that Catholicism cannot explain White-Latino remarriage differences. These findings provide strong evidence for dispelling the previously untested but frequently assumed Catholic influence on ethnic differences in remarriage and emphasizes caution toward attaching religion to Latino family behaviour in the U.S. |
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McNamee, Catherine. "White and Latino Remarriage Differences in the United States: A Case for Moving beyond the Catholic Assumption." Presented: Dublin, Ireland, Society for Longitudinal and Life Course Studies (SLLS) International Conference, October 2015. |