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Jan 19, 2022 · The number and proportion of people living single has been on the rise for decades, both in the U.S. and around the world. In the U.S., the proportion of Black women who are not married is...
Drawing on qualitative data from interviews of 52 married Black men, this study explored why Black women are disproportionately single. Black women are less likely to marry or remarry than Black men or their female peers of other racial groups (American Fact Finder, 2011; Banks, 2011; Taylor et al., 1997). The men, rather passionately, shared ...
- Tera R. Hurt, Stacey E. McElroy, Kameron J. Sheats, Antoinette M. Landor, Chalandra M. Bryant
- 2014
Oct 5, 2021 · Black people are much more likely to be single (59%) than any other race, and Black women (62%) are the most likely to be single of any sector. Asian people (29%) are the least likely to be...
Feb 14, 2024 · In 2009, a study found that for women under 30, lighter-skinned Black women were married at twice the rate of their darker-skinned counterparts and 17 percent more than Black women...
- Jonquilyn Hill
Feb 14, 2022 · Many Black women today are also choosing to be single. Some may opt for singlehood because it offers them freedom, safety, and security, as well as the opportunity to “side-step gendered ...
Oct 5, 2021 · For most racial and ethnic groups, men are more likely than women to be unpartnered. The exception is among Black adults, where women (62%) are more likely to be unpartnered than men (55%). Partnership status also differs by nativity.
