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Title: Boundary crossing in first marriage and remarriage

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Publication Year: 2017

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Abstract: Owing to secular increases in divorce rates, remarriage has become a prevalent feature of American family life; yet, research about mate selection behavior in higher order marriages remains limited. Using log-linear methods to recent data from the 2008e2014 American Community Survey, we compare racial and ethnic sorting behavior in first and subsequent marriages. The two most frequently crossed boundaries e those involving White-Asian and White-Hispanic couples e are more permeable in remarriages than in first marriages. Boundaries that are crossed with less frequency e those between minority groups and the White-Black boundary-are less permeable in remarriages than in first marriages. Collectively, these findings suggest that racial and ethnic sorting processes in remarriage may reify existing social distances between pan-ethnic groups. Racial and ethnic variations in how the relative permeability of boundary changes between first and higher-order marriages underscore the importance of considering a broad array of interracial pairings when assessing the ways in which changes in family structure and marital sorting behavior promote integration.

Url: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0049089X16304902

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Authors: Choia, Kate, H; Tienda, Marta

Periodical (Full): Social Science Research

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Volume: 62

Pages: 305-316

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Family and Marriage

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