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Direct linkWolfinger, Nicholas H.; Wolfinger, Raymond E. – Social Forces, 2008
We use data from the Voting and Registration Supplement of the Current Population Survey to explore the effects of family structure on turnout in the 2000 presidential election. Our results indicate that family structure, defined as marital status and the presence of children, has substantial consequences for turnout. Married adults are more…
Descriptors: Widowed, Marital Status, Family Structure, Voting
Peer reviewedTolnay, Stewart E. – Social Forces, 1997
The longstanding assumption that migration of southern blacks to northern cities negatively affected black family structure in the North was examined by comparing the living arrangements of women and children for migrants and nonmigrants in northern cities, 1940-90. Results show that northern urbanites with "southern origins" actually…
Descriptors: Births to Single Women, Black Community, Black Family, Black Population Trends
