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Title: Religion, Marriage Markets, and Assortative Mating in the United States
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McClendon, David |
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Religion, Marriage Markets, and Assortative Mating in the United States Presented: San Diego CA, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, April-May 2015 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Assortative Mating; Geocoded Data; Marriage; Religion Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. As the share of marriages that are interfaith continues to grow, religion is thought to be less important for sorting partners. However, prior studies on religious assortative mating rely on national samples of prevailing marriages, which miss how local marriage markets shape partner selection and its connection to marriage timing. I examine the impact of local religious concentration on religious assortative mating and how it varies by religious tradition and age. I estimate discrete-time competing-risk models of religious assortative mating, using individual level data from the NLSY 1997 and local characteristics from census data and other sources. Results show that local religious concentration is associated with higher odds of religious homogamy relative to non-marriage and heterogamy. While the association varies across religious traditions, it does not vary with age. The findings suggest that religion remains relevant in today's marriage market and have implications for theories of assortative mating. |
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McClendon, David. "Religion, Marriage Markets, and Assortative Mating in the United States." Presented: San Diego CA, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, April-May 2015. |