Landale N S, Forste R
Department of Sociology, Pennsylvania State University.
Demography. 1991 Nov;28(4):587-607.
This paper adds to our limited knowledge of racial and ethnic variation in union formation by describing and analyzing the first unions of mainland Puerto Rican women. Retrospective history data show that Puerto Ricans have shared in the post-1970 shift toward cohabitation. Puerto Rican women, however, are much more likely to enter informal first unions than the general population, and have a low propensity to transform informal unions into legal marriages. The paper examines the influence of family background and current activities on union timing and type. The relationship between partner attributes and the choice between formal and informal coupling is also considered.
本文通过描述和分析波多黎各大陆女性的初次结合，增加了我们对婚姻形成中种族和族裔差异的有限认识。回顾性历史数据表明，波多黎各人参与了1970年后向同居的转变。然而，波多黎各女性比一般人群更有可能进入非正式的初次结合，并且将非正式结合转变为合法婚姻的倾向较低。本文考察了家庭背景和当前活动对结合时间和类型的影响。还考虑了伴侣属性与正式和非正式结合选择之间的关系。
