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Peer reviewedWright, Robert E. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1989
Used data from the 1975-76 Jamaica Fertility Study to examine relationship between fertility and the following transitions in sexual relationship: (1) from visiting to common-law; (2) from visiting to marriage; and (3) from visiting to termination of partnership. Results indicated that childbirth reduced the probability of all three transitions.…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Cohabitation, Family Attitudes, Family Structure
Whitehead, Tony L. – 1976
West Indian family organization has been observed to exhibit relatively greater instances of brittle common law unions, out-of-wedlock births, and female headed households than is the case with other New World populations. Three primary explanations have been given to explain the presence of these patterns: the retention or reinterpretation of…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Family Life, Family Role, Family Structure
