The decline in marriage among African Americans : causes, consequences, and policy implications /

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The original, often controversial, research presented in this book links marital decline to a pivotal drop in the pool of marriageable black males. Increased joblessness has robbed many black men of their economic viability, rendering them not only less desirable as mates, but also less inclined to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Tucker, M. Belinda, Mitchell-Kernan, Claudia
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, ©1995.
Temas:
African Americans > Marriage.
African American families.
Noirs américains > Mariage.
Familles noires américaines.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Eheschließung
Aufsatzsammlung
USA.
Schwarze.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Trends in African American family formation : a theoretical and statistical overview / M. Belinda Tucker and Claudia Mitchell-Kernan
  • Black family structure in colonial and antebellum Virginia : amending the revisionist perspective / Brenda E. Stevenson
  • The effect of employment on marriage among Black males in inner-city Chicago / Mark Testa and Marilyn Krogh. Commentary / Sheldon Danziger
  • The widening gap between Black and white marriage rates : context and implications / Robert Schoen. Commentary / David M. Heer
  • Mate availability and marriage among African Americans : aggregate- and individual-level analyses / K. Jill Kiecolt and Mark A. Fossett. Commentary / A. Wade Smith
  • Marital behavior and expectations : ethnic comparisons of attitudinal and structural correlates / M. Belinda Tucker and Claudia Mitchell-Kernan. Commentary / James S. Jackson
  • Marital instability among Black and white couples in early marriage / Shirley Hatchett, Joseph Veroff, and Elizabeth Douvan
  • Commentary / Hector F. Myers
  • Unemployment and imbalanced sex ratios : race-specific consequences for family structure and crime / Robert J. Sampson. Commentary / Melvin L. Oliver
  • Family structure and the marginalization of Black men : policy implications / William A. Darity, Jr., and Samuel L. Myers, Jr. Commentary / Philip J. Bowman
  • Policy implications of a decline in marriage among African Americans / Lynn C. Burbridge
  • African American marital trends in context : toward a synthesis / M. Belinda Tucker and Claudia Mitchell-Kernan.

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