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Trajectories of Union Transition in Emerging Adulthood: Socioeconomic Status and Race/Ethnicity Differences in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 Cohort
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Yang
dc.contributor.authorAng, Shannon
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-17T18:33:48Z
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dc.date.available2020-03-17T18:33:48Z
dc.date.issued2020-04
dc.identifier.citationZhang, Yang; Ang, Shannon (2020). "Trajectories of Union Transition in Emerging Adulthood: Socioeconomic Status and Race/Ethnicity Differences in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 Cohort." Journal of Marriage and Family 82(2): 713-732.
dc.identifier.issn0022-2445
dc.identifier.issn1741-3737
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/154487
dc.description.abstractObjectiveThe objective of this study was to describe the patterns of union transition in emerging adulthood for the 1980 to 1984 cohort and examine its associations with socioeconomic status and race/ethnicity.BackgroundResearch on diverging destinies of cohabitation and marriage tends to focus on singular transitions rather than entire individual trajectories composed of dimensions such as timing, order, duration, and number of transitions.MethodDrawing on monthly prospective data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, social sequence analysis was used to classify union transition trajectories from ages 16 to 30. Multinomial logistic regression was used to assess the probability of membership in each cluster.ResultsThe findings showed the following six key clusters of trajectories: mostly single (37.6%), some cohabiting (13.8%), serial cohabiting (10.6%), early 20s marriage (11.4%), late 20s marriage (22.5%), and turbulent (4.1%). We found that young adults were most likely to be in the “mostly single” cluster, regardless of socioeconomic status and race/ethnicity. Individuals with college degrees tended to marry in their late 20s, whereas individuals without college degrees were more likely to be in “serial cohabiting” and “turbulent” clusters. Individuals who lived with neither of their biological parents were more likely to belong to “early 20s marriage” and “turbulent” clusters when compared with those who lived with at least one of their biological parents. Blacks were more likely to remain single, whereas non‐Hispanic Whites were more likely to marry sometime in their 20s.ConclusionEvidence for diverging trajectories exists in this recent cohort, but we also find that most young adults in fact stay single. We also highlight the benefits of considering multiple aspects of trajectories concurrently, especially as relationship instability and complexity increase.
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dc.subject.otheremerging adulthood
dc.subject.otherrace
dc.subject.othersocial class
dc.subject.othermarriage
dc.subject.othercohabitation
dc.titleTrajectories of Union Transition in Emerging Adulthood: Socioeconomic Status and Race/Ethnicity Differences in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 Cohort
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dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPsychiatry
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelFamily Medicine and Specialties
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelHealth Sciences
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dc.description.bitstreamurlhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/154487/1/jomf12662.pdf
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dc.identifier.doi10.1111/jomf.12662
dc.identifier.sourceJournal of Marriage and Family
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