Marriage and Union Formation in the United States: Recent Trends Across Racial Groups and Economic Backgrounds.
Family formation in the United States has changed dramatically: marriage has become less common, nonmarital cohabitation has become more common, and racial and economic inequalities in these experiences have increased. We provide insights into recent U.S. trends by presenting cohort estimates for pe...
| Publicado en: | Demography (Springer Nature) Vol. 57; no. 5; pp. 1753 - 1787 |
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