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Race/Ethnic Differences in the Marital Expectations of Adolescents: The Role of Romantic Relationships
Abstract
I use a sample of 12,973 adolescents in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) to examine race/ethnic differences in perception of the likelihood of marriage in adulthood and the role of heterosexual romantic relationship experience in explaining this difference. Compared to adolescents from other race/ethnic backgrounds, White adolescents are more likely to date and are especially more likely than Black adolescents to participate in serious romantic relationships that increase marital expectations. Although the type of current or recent relationship is associated with marital expectations, they do not explain the observed race/ethnic gap in these expectations. Overall, the results suggest that these adolescent romantic experiences likely play only a small role in determining differential marital expectations.
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- Authors
- Crissey, S. R.
- Affiliations
- The University of Texas at Austin (US)
- Corresponding author
- Crissey, Sarah R.
- Venue
- Journal of Marriage and Family
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2005-07-07
- Volume
- 67
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 697-709
- ISSN
- 0022-2445 (ISSN-L)
- 1741-3737
- OpenAlex
- W1995709813
- Cited by
- 143
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 13.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Marriage and the Family (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Marriage and Family Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Keywords
- marriage expectations, racial and ethnic differences, adolescents, romantic relationships, dating, Black adolescents, White adolescents, Add Health
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