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Download full textRaley, R. Kelly; Sweeney, Megan M.; Wondra, Danielle – Future of Children, 2015
The United States shows striking racial and ethnic differences in marriage patterns. Compared to both white and Hispanic women, black women marry later in life, are less likely to marry at all, and have higher rates of marital instability. Kelly Raley, Megan Sweeney, and Danielle Wondra begin by reviewing common explanations for these differences,…
Descriptors: Marriage, Racial Differences, Ethnicity, African Americans
