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Title: Racial and Educational Disparities in Union Transitions of Cohabitors: The Importance of Long-term Economic Prospects
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Kuo, Janet Chen-Lan |
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Racial and Educational Disparities in Union Transitions of Cohabitors: The Importance of Long-term Economic Prospects Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin, 2015. Also: https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/handle/2152/31679 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: University of Texas at Austin Keyword(s): Age at First Marriage; Cohabitation; Economic Well-Being; Educational Attainment; Marital History/Transitions; Racial Differences; Wealth Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. The purpose of this dissertation is to provide a better understanding of the mechanisms that sustain the divergent patterns of union transition behavior among cohabitors of different socioeconomic backgrounds--broadly defined by race and education. First, it asks how racial and educational disparities in cohabitors' union transition behaviors have changed over time. Second, I explore how the first union formation processes based on a variety of indicators for young people's socioeconomic conditions vary between African Americans and non-Hispanic whites. Third, I investigate to what extent the educational disparities in the odds of transitioning to marriage could be attributed to differences in wealth as well as employment conditions among educational groups. |
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Kuo, Janet Chen-Lan. Racial and Educational Disparities in Union Transitions of Cohabitors: The Importance of Long-term Economic Prospects. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin, 2015.. |