Race/Ethnicity and Nativity Status: Marital Expectations Among Cohabiting Men and Women

Title:	Race/Ethnicity and Nativity Status: Marital Expectations Among Cohabiting Men and Women
Author:	Cohen, Jessica A
Description:	Using the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth, this study investigates the relationship between socioeconomic status, fertility and union history with cohabitor’s marital expectations, focusing on the race/ethnicity and nativity status differential in marital expectations. The results indicate that marital expectations do differ by race/ethnicity. First, for women, Black cohabitors have lower marital expectations than Whites. For men, Black cohabitors share similar marital expectations as Whites. Second, White men have lower marital expectations than native-born Hispanic male cohabitors, while White women and native-born Hispanic female cohabitors share similar marital expectations. Lastly, for men and women, foreign-born Hispanics have lower marital expectations than native-born Hispanics. These differences in marital expectations are not explained by socioeconomic status, fertility or union history; however socioeconomic status and fertility history have a significant relationship with marital expectations. This study supports the use of a couple level indicator of race/ethnicity and the importance of measuring nativity status.
Permanent Link:	http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1187373378 http://hdl.handle.net/2374.OX/15670
Date:	2007

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