Dobson C D, Houseknecht S K
J Fam Issues. 1998 Mar;19(2):204-23. doi: 10.1177/019251398019002005.
"This study uses data from the June 1992 Current Population Survey to examine the effect of educational attainment on age at first marriage among Black and White women in the United States. The results both support and modify claims stemming from previous research. There is evidence for the contention that educational attainment delays age at first marriage for Black and White women. The greater impact of educational attainment on delaying marriage for White women in confirmed. An important discovery stems from using degree attained rather than years of education and our distinguishing four levels of education beyond high school. At less than a bachelor's degree, Black women marry later than White women, but among those with a bachelor's degree or higher, Black women who marry do so earlier than White women."
本研究使用1992年6月当期人口调查的数据，来考察教育程度对美国黑人和白人女性初婚年龄的影响。研究结果既支持又修正了先前研究提出的观点。有证据支持这样的论点，即教育程度会推迟黑人和白人女性的初婚年龄。研究证实了教育程度对白人女性晚婚的影响更大。一个重要的发现源于使用所获得的学位而非受教育年限，并且我们区分了高中以上的四个教育水平。在低于学士学位的情况下，黑人女性结婚比白人女性晚，但在拥有学士学位或更高学位的人群中，结婚的黑人女性比白人女性结婚更早。
