Race-Ethnic Differences in Nonmarital Fertility: A Focus on Mexican American Women

Autor/inn/en	Wildsmith, Elizabeth; Raley, R. Kelly
Titel	Race-Ethnic Differences in Nonmarital Fertility: A Focus on Mexican American Women
Quelle	In: Journal of Marriage and Family, 68 (2006) 2, S.491-508 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-2445
DOI	10.1111/j.1741-3737.2006.00267.x
Schlagwörter	Females; Mexican Americans; Racial Differences; National Surveys; Birth; Interpersonal Relationship; Family Characteristics; Employment Level; Educational Attainment; Socioeconomic Influences; Whites; African Americans; Correlation; Risk; One Parent Family + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Hispanoamerikaner; Rassenunterschied; Geburt; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Beschäftigungsgrad; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; White; Weißer; Afroamerikaner; Korrelation; Risiko; Single parent family; Ein-Eltern-Familie
Abstract	We use the National Survey of Family Growth to identify race-ethnic differences in nonmarital fertility, paying particular attention to Mexican American women. On the basis of a sample of 9,054 White, Black, and Mexican American women, we use event history methods to explore the role of family background, a woman's own employment and school enrollment, and cohabitation on nonmarital fertility. We additionally determine whether these relationships vary by socioeconomic background. The above factors are all significantly related to the risk of a nonmarital birth and reduce Mexican American-White differentials. Interestingly, higher fertility within cohabiting unions among Mexican American women, despite lower levels of cohabitation, contributes to their higher nonmarital fertility relative to White women. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10