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Title: A Quantitative Study of the Role of Divorce and Remarriage on Female African American Millennials' Perceptions of Marriage

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2017

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Abstract: Studies over the past 10 years revealed a positive correlation between millennials’ perceptions of marriage and witnessed marital failures. A gap in the literature was addressed by this study as the majority of existing research involved a qualitative approach based primarily on the general population and not specifically on unmarried female African American millennials. This study was done to understand unmarried female African American millennials’ perceptions of marriage by evaluating whether their parents’ marital status was an associated factor. The research employed a nonexperimental ex post facto design to examine and describe the impact of unmarried female African American millennials who are or are not children of divorced parents and unmarried female African American millennials who are or are not children of married or remarried custodial parents (independent variables) on the associated average scores on the perception of marriage (dependent variable). Data were collected from 274 unmarried female African American millennials. Fuwa’s 2014 Women’s Attitudes Toward Marriage Measure was used as a data collection instrument. The findings of this research study suggested the independent variables are not related to the dependent variable. Suggestions as to why the data did not support the hypotheses were offered. The implications of the study, limitations of the study, and recommendations for further research also were presented

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Authors: Carter, Marshanda, D

Institution: Capella University

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Degree: Doctor of Philosophy

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Pages: 88

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Family and Marriage, Gender, Race and Ethnicity

Countries: United States