Housing Dependence and Intimate Relationships in the Lives of Low-Income Puerto Rican Mothers

Autor/inn/en	Clark, Sherri Lawson; Burton, Linda M.; Flippen, Chenoa A.
Titel	Housing Dependence and Intimate Relationships in the Lives of Low-Income Puerto Rican Mothers
Quelle	In: Journal of Family Issues, 32 (2011) 3, S.369-393 (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0192-513X
DOI	10.1177/0192513X10379712
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Low Income; Intimacy; Housing; Interpersonal Relationship; Marriage; Puerto Ricans; Longitudinal Studies; Ethnography; Adolescents; Early Parenthood; Eligibility; Power Structure; Personal Autonomy; Adults; Financial Support; Public Housing; Family Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Niedriglohn; Intimität; Unterkunft; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Ehe; Puerto Rican; Puerto-Ricaner; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Ethnografie; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Eignung; Individuelle Autonomie; Finanzielle Förderung; Sozialer Wohnungsbau
Abstract	Using longitudinal ethnographic data from the Three-City Study, the authors examined the relationship between 16 low-income Puerto Rican mothers' housing dependencies and their intimate partner relations. This study traced mothers' dependent housing arrangements and entree to marital or cohabiting relationships from their teens through their procurement of independent housing while entering and maintaining intimate partner unions as adults. Findings indicated that various trigger factors led women out of their natal homes and into expedited cohabitation with romantic partners, which frequently resulted in unstable unions in which mothers had little power and autonomy. As mothers became eligible for housing subsidies they obtained housing independent from their male partners, potentially increasing the propensity for greater relationship power. Housing independence, however, was not without problems. Spillover effects, such as shadowing partners, threatened housing stability, and mothers' independence. The relevance of these findings for future research is discussed. (Contains 1 table and 5 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10