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May 29, 2020 · The decline in marriage over the past 50 years has important implications for older African Americans, especially older African American women. First, unmarried older African American women are much more likely to live alone [ 43 ] and they also have smaller informal social support networks than their married counterparts [ 44 ].
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Despite research on the dramatic changes in marriage, there...
- Dating for Older Women
Correlates of Dating. In their groundbreaking examination of...
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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 ...
- Kendra P. DeLoach McCutcheon, Karen Y. Watkins, Eboni V. Burton, Arlaina C. Harris
- 2021
May 29, 2020 · 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 from the National Survey of American Life ...
- Dawne M. Mouzon, Robert Joseph Taylor, Linda M. Chatters
- 2020
Among older African American married adults, older age was associated with higher marital satisfaction, and men had higher levels of marital satisfaction than women. Also, married older African Americans with lower family incomes reported higher marital satisfaction. Region was the only variable significantly associated with romantic ...
Sep 21, 2020 · The increasing proportion of unmarried older African American women is at high risk for material deprivation and poorer health status. Given that spouses conventionally provide caregiving in older age, the increasing proportion of older African American women living outside of the context of marriage, cohabitation, and romantic relationships ...
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Jun 29, 2011 · But, first, the upcoming book "Is Marriage for White People?: How the African American Marriage Decline Affects Everyone." It gives a close look at why black women marry down rather than outside ...
Sep 27, 2021 · The experience of the marriage squeeze impacts poor, and college educated Black women, but this is only one viewpoint. Drawing on work and family research at the intersection of racial identity, gender, and class, I argue that marriage provides Black middle-class women access to privileges and resources like safety and kin networks within a U.S ...
