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The decline in marriage among African Americans : causes, consequences, and policy implications / [edited by] M. Belinda Tucker and Claudia Mitchell-Kernan.
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English
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New York : Russell Sage Foundation, ©1995.
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xxiv, 397 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Stokes Library - Wallace Hall (SPR)
E185.86 .D43 1995
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Summary note
The original, often controversial, research presented in this book links marital decline to a pivotal drop in the pool of marriageable black males. Increased joblessness has robbed many black men of their economic viability, rendering them not only less desirable as mates, but also less inclined to take on the responsibility of marriage. Higher death rates resulting from disease, poor health care, and violent crime, as well as evergrowing incarceration rates, have further depleted the male population. In documenting their observations, editors M. Belinda Tucker and Claudia Mitchell-Kernan and the contributors take a hard look at the effects of chronic economic instability on cultural attitudes toward the male role as family provider. Their cogent historical analyses suggest that the influence of external circumstances over marriage preferences stems in large part from the profoundly damaging experience of slavery.
The Decline in Marriage Among African Americans firmly positions declining marriage within an ominous cycle of economic and social erosion that finds increasing numbers of women struggling to raise children and manage families alone. The authors of concluding essays propose specific policies for relieving the problems associated with changing marital behavior, focusing on economic and healthcare support for single parent families, improved public education, and expanded employment opportunities for African American men.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Trends in African American family formation : a theoretical and statistical overview / M. Belinda Tucker and Claudia Mitchell-Kernan
Black family structure in colonial and antebellum Virginia : amending the revisionist perspective / Brenda E. Stevenson
The effect of employment on marriage among Black males in inner-city Chicago / Mark Testa and Marilyn Krogh. Commentary / Sheldon Danziger
The widening gap between Black and white marriage rates : context and implications / Robert Schoen. Commentary / David M. Heer
Mate availability and marriage among African Americans : aggregate- and individual-level analyses / K. Jill Kiecolt and Mark A. Fossett. Commentary / A. Wade Smith
Marital behavior and expectations : ethnic comparisons of attitudinal and structural correlates / M. Belinda Tucker and Claudia Mitchell-Kernan. Commentary / James S. Jackson
Marital instability among Black and white couples in early marriage / Shirley Hatchett, Joseph Veroff, and Elizabeth Douvan
Commentary / Hector F. Myers
Unemployment and imbalanced sex ratios : race-specific consequences for family structure and crime / Robert J. Sampson. Commentary / Melvin L. Oliver
Family structure and the marginalization of Black men : policy implications / William A. Darity, Jr., and Samuel L. Myers, Jr. Commentary / Philip J. Bowman
Policy implications of a decline in marriage among African Americans / Lynn C. Burbridge
African American marital trends in context : toward a synthesis / M. Belinda Tucker and Claudia Mitchell-Kernan.
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ISBN
0871548879 ((alk. paper))
9780871548870 ((alk. paper))
0871548860 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
9780871548863 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
94039624
OCLC
31375063
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