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Title: Wealth and the Marital Divide
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Schneider, Daniel J. |
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Wealth and the Marital Divide American Journal of Sociology 117,2 (September 2011): 627-667. Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/661594 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Keyword(s): Age at First Marriage; Assets; Educational Status; Gender Differences; Marriage; Racial Differences; Wealth Marriage patterns differ dramatically in the United States by race and education. The author identifies a novel explanation for these marital divides, namely, the important role of personal wealth in marriage entry. Using event-history models and data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 cohort, the author shows that wealth is an important predictor of first marriage and that differences in asset ownership by race and education help to explain a significant portion of the race and education gaps in first marriage. The article also tests possible explanations for why wealth plays an important role in first marriage entry. |
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Schneider, Daniel J. "Wealth and the Marital Divide." American Journal of Sociology 117,2 (September 2011): 627-667.
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