Family transitions in Young Adulthood
Abstract
Using the first (1995) and third (2001-2002) waves of the Add Health survey, we examine women 's family transitions up to age 24. Only a third of all women marry, and a fifth of those marriages dissolve before age 24. Three out of eight women have afirst birth, with a substantial majority of those births outside of marriage: 66% for whites, 96% for blacks, and 72% for Mexican Americans. Cohabitation is the predominant union form; 59% of women...
Paper Details
Title
Family transitions in Young Adulthood
Published Date
Nov 1, 2007
Journal
Volume
44
Issue
4
Pages
807 - 820
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