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Author: Brown, Rachel R.
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Brown, Rachel R. Kamp Dush, Claire M. |
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Reciprocal Associations Between Marital Timing Expectations and Changing Economic and Relationship Circumstances in Cohabiting Individuals Presented: Washington DC, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, March-April 2016 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Young Adult Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Age at First Marriage; Cohabitation; Expectations/Intentions; Marriage Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Whereas many cohabitors may believe that they will marry their partners one day, there may be identifiable barriers that prevent them from marrying. If these conditions improved, cohabiting individuals might be more certain of marriage. Symbolic Interaction Theory would posit that individuals may change their expectations of marriage as context changes. Conversely, Marital Horizon Theory would predict that those who hope to marry sooner change behavior to make marriage more attainable and likely. This study examined how changes in marital expectations both predicted and were predicted by changes in circumstances--both economic and relational--using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth Child and Young Adult Cohort. We found at least marginal support for both theoretical explanations, so continued analyses prior to the conference will clarify the association between marital expectations and circumstances through additional variables, models, and breakdowns by gender, age, and socioeconomic status. |
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Brown, Rachel R. and Claire M. Kamp Dush. "Reciprocal Associations Between Marital Timing Expectations and Changing Economic and Relationship Circumstances in Cohabiting Individuals." Presented: Washington DC, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, March-April 2016. |
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Brown, Rachel R. Kamp Dush, Claire M. |
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The Intergenerational Transmission of Marital Expectations and Age at First Marriage: Evidence from Mothers and Children in the NLSY79 and NLSY79 Young Adults Presented: San Diego CA, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, April-May 2015 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Age at First Marriage; Cohabitation; Expectations/Intentions; Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Marriage; Modeling, Hazard/Event History/Survival/Duration Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Parents' own marital timing desires and their age at first marriage may be associated with their offspring's marital timing desires and the timing of their own first unions. Understanding the determinants of marital timing is critical because it has implications for marital functioning and divorce; an earlier age at marriage is associated with increased risk of divorce. We examine the intergenerational transmission of marital timing desires and age at first marriage in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 cohort (N = 1501 women) and 1979 Child and Young Adult cohort (N = 2177 biological offspring of the 1979 cohort). Preliminary analyses showed that both mothers' desires to marry late, measured when she was in adolescence/emerging adulthood, and mothers' later age of marriage were significantly associated with their offspring's later desired age of marriage. Next, we plan to examine the offspring's age at first marriage and cohabitation as outcomes. |
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Bibliography Citation
Brown, Rachel R. and Claire M. Kamp Dush. "The Intergenerational Transmission of Marital Expectations and Age at First Marriage: Evidence from Mothers and Children in the NLSY79 and NLSY79 Young Adults." Presented: San Diego CA, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, April-May 2015. |