Socioeconomic and Cultural Incorporation and Marital Disruption among Mexican Americans

Bean, Frank D.; Berg, Ruth; Hook, Jennifer Van

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“…Likewise the foreign born Latino population has lower rates of divorce than whites, but U.S. born Latinos have higher rates of divorce. In fact among third and later generation Latinos, rate of divorce are similar to rates for African Americans (Bean, Berg, and Van Hook 1996).…”

Section: R-e-n Differentials In Marriage and Divorcementioning

confidence: 68%

A note on race, ethnicity and nativity differentials in remarriage in the United States

McNamee¹,

Raley²

2011

DemRes

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Section: R-e-n Differentials In Marriage and Divorcementioning

confidence: 68%

A note on race, ethnicity and nativity differentials in remarriage in the United States

McNamee¹,

Raley²

2011

DemRes

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“…Familism is one essential feature very much intertwined with Latina/o culture. Despite the relatively low average socioeconomic status (SES) among Latinas/os, their rates of marriage and marital stability have traditionally been higher than those of other ethnic groups (Bean et al 1996;Raley et al 2004). Research shows that, within Latina/o culture, commitment is regarded as more important than individual autonomy in relationships, and this is especially true for Latina women (Oropesa 1996).…”

Section: Latina/o Gender Ideology: Integrating Current Research With mentioning

confidence: 99%

Religion and Gender Ideologies among Working-Age U.S. Latinas/os

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Numerous studies have documented religious variations in gender ideology in the United States. Despite growth, diversification, and religious ferment among Latinas/os, few have investigated this topic within the Latina/o population. Drawing on insights from gender theory and prior empirical research, we develop several hypotheses regarding the links between religious affiliation, belief, and practice and three distinct domains of traditionalist gender ideology (respective beliefs in female domesticity, gender essentialism, and patriarchy) among U.S. Latinas/os. These hypotheses are tested using data from the Hispanic oversample of the National Survey of Religion and Family Life (NSRFL), a nationwide probability sample of working-age adults (ages 18-59). The results underscore the complex associations between multiple dimensions of religious involvement and specific facets of gender ideology among Latinas/os. Several promising directions for future research on this understudied population are outlined, and study limitations are identified.

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“…Mexicanorigin children were not more likely than native children to live in single-mother families, and, in multivariate models, Mexican ethnicity had no effect on the probability that a child would be in such a family. But research for the 1980-1992 period indicates that marital disruption increased more rapidly for Mexican-origin persons than for most groups; by 1992, levels of disruption among Mexican-origin individuals exceeded levels in the non-Hispanic white population (Bean et al, 1996). Wildsmith (2004) found sharp increases in female headship among Mexican-origin women across the period 1960-1990, and in 1995 data, that thirdgeneration women had higher rates than earlier generations.…”

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Immigrants, their children, and theories of assimilation: Family structure in the United States, 1880–1970

Gratton

Gutmann

Skop

2007

The History of the Family

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This research employs United States census data from 1880 to 1970 to assess the influence of ethnicity and generation on the family structure of Mexican, Irish, Swedish, Italian, Polish, and native white children. Using evidence for three generations, it tests two theories, linear assimilation and segmented assimilation. Assimilation theory makes no special claims for ethnic effects, but segmented assimilation proposes that ethnicity influences the incorporation of immigrant-origin children into American society. We find few consistent ethnic effects on the probability of family type. Our principal finding is that migration itself, common to all groups, has similar consequences for all; these are revealed in generational changes in family structure. The historical periods of open immigration do differ from the contemporary period, which implies that immigration policy affects family structure. The results disconfirm segmented assimilation theory's emphasis on ethnicity in family structure, and confirm aspects of linear assimilation theory. They point to the salience of structural factors resulting from migration experience and policy, rather than ethnicity, in the evolution of family form among immigrant-origin persons.

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Socioeconomic and Cultural Incorporation and Marital Disruption among Mexican Americans

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A note on race, ethnicity and nativity differentials in remarriage in the United States

A note on race, ethnicity and nativity differentials in remarriage in the United States

Religion and Gender Ideologies among Working-Age U.S. Latinas/os

Immigrants, their children, and theories of assimilation: Family structure in the United States, 1880–1970

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