Cohort Trends in Union Dissolution During Young Adulthood
| Autor: | Kasey J. Eickmeyer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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05 social sciences
Life stage Article Cohabitation Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) 050902 family studies Anthropology 0502 economics and business Cohort National Survey of Family Growth Life course approach Ordered logit 050207 economics 0509 other social sciences Young adult Psychology Birth cohort Social Sciences (miscellaneous) Demography |
| Zdroj: | J Marriage Fam |
| ISSN: | 0022-2445 |
| Popis: | Objective To determine whether recent birth cohorts of women experienced more union dissolution during young adulthood (18-25) than previous birth cohorts. Background The union formation and dissolution patterns of young adult women in the U.S. have changed dramatically over the last twenty-five years. As a result, this life stage is demographically dense as women experience a bulk of relationship experiences, including coresidential unions and dissolution. Method The author uses data on women's marital and cohabiting dissolutions between the ages of 18-25 from the National Survey of Family Growth 1995, 2002, and continuous surveys 2006-2010 and 2011-2015 (N = 14,211). The sample is nationally representative. The author uses generalized ordinal logistic regression to examine the likelihood of dissolution during young adulthood across birth cohorts. Results Women born between 1985 and 1989 experience more union dissolutions during young adulthood than women born between 1960 and 1979. However, the shift in cohabitation behavior accounts for this instability. Conclusion Women's relationship formation experiences in young adulthood are characterized by nonmarital relationships (cohabitation) and more union dissolution compared to older birth cohorts. Theoretical and empirical studies need to evolve to include this more complicated sense of young adulthood, union formation, and instability. |
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