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May 29, 2020 · Although the prevalence of marriage and cohabitation tends to rise and/or remain high among older African American men, marriage and cohabitation decreases precipitously with age for older African American women. For example, 54.0% of men aged 55–64, 61.9% of men aged 65–74, and 57.0% of men aged 75 and older were married/cohabiting.
There are approximately 67 older African American men for every 100 African American women aged 65 years or older (Mather, 2015). This sex ratio imbalance means that older African American women are significantly less likely to be married or in a romantic relationship, as compared to older women in other ethnic groups ( Tucker et al., 1993 ; U ...
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Aug 6, 2021 · Over the past few decades, marriage rates in the United States among African Americans continue to decline, yet African American women continue to express a desire to be married. Using a grounded theory qualitative approach with semi-structured interviews (N = 23), we explored marital attitudes among never married African American women ...
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Mouzon, D. M., Taylor, R. J., & Chatters, L. M. (2020). Gender differences in marriage, romantic involvement, and desire for romantic involvement among older African Americans. PLoS ONE, 15(5), Article e0233836. https:// https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233836
Background: Despite research on the dramatic changes in marriage, there is a dearth of research on the correlates of marriage and romantic involvement among older African Americans. This is an important omission because although the marriage decline is universal, African Americans show the steepest decline in marriage rates. Methods: Based on data ...
Gender differences in marriage, romantic involvement, and desire for romantic involvement among older African Americans.
Mouzon, Dawne M.: Edward J. Blouste in School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, US Taylor, Robert Joseph: School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, US Chatters, Linda M.: School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, US
*Blacks; *Human Sex Differences; *Marriage; *Romance; *Desire; Cohabitation; Economics; Interpersonal Relationships
African Americans; Aged; Female; Humans; Logistic Models; Male; Marriage; Probability; Sex Characteristics; Sex Factors; Surveys and Questionnaires
Statement: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Holder: Mouzon et al. Year: 2020
Sponsor: National Institute on Aging, US Recipient: Mouzon, Dawne M.; Taylor, Robert Joseph Grant Number:P30AG015281 Sponsor: National Institute of General Medical Sciences, US Recipient: Chatters, Linda M. Grant Number:R25GM058641
Number of Citations: 54, Number of Citations Displayed: 54 1. A Profile of Older Americans: 2015 [Internet]. Washington, D. C.: U. S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2016 [cited 2016 Dec 26]. https://aoa.acl.gov/Aging_Statistics/Profile/index.aspx 2. Assari, S., Miller, R. J., Taylor, R. J., Mouzon, D., Keith, V., & Chatters, L. M. (2018)....
Sep 27, 2021 · Abstract. It is well documented that Black women tend to experience lower marriage participation than non-Black women because of the marriage squeeze, including an unequal sex-ratio within age cohorts, and the increase in economic precarity among Black men.
Sep 21, 2020 · This is an important omission because although the marriage decline is universal, African Americans show the steepest decline in marriage rates. Being single in older age has social and health consequences. Among older adults who live alone, African Americans (33%) are twice as likely as whites (16%) to live below the poverty line.
The result, according to The Decline in Marriage Among African Americans, is a greater share of family responsibilities being borne by women, an increased vulnerability to poverty and violence, and an erosion of community ties.
