Brown Susan L, Van Hook Jennifer, Glick Jennifer E
Department of Sociology and Center for Family and Demographic Research, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403 (419) 372-9521.
Popul Res Policy Rev. 2008 Oct;27(5):531-550. doi: 10.1007/s11113-008-9088-3.
We use data from pooled 2000-2004 Current Population Surveys to examine generational differences in cohabitation and marriage among men and women ages 20-34 in the U.S. Consistent with our expectation and in line with assimilation theory, levels of cohabitation rise across succeeding generations. In contrast, generational differences in marriage follow a curvilinear pattern such that those in the second generation are least likely to be married, which supports some contemporary extensions of assimilation theory. These patterns persist across education groups, and tend to hold across racial and ethnic groups, too, although among women, the predicted percentages cohabiting across generations vary widely by race-ethnicity.
我们使用2000 - 2004年综合当前人口调查的数据，来研究美国20至34岁男女在同居和婚姻方面的代际差异。与我们的预期一致且符合同化理论，同居水平在后续几代人中呈上升趋势。相比之下，婚姻方面的代际差异呈曲线模式，即第二代人结婚的可能性最小，这支持了同化理论的一些当代扩展观点。这些模式在不同教育群体中持续存在，并且在不同种族和族裔群体中也往往成立，不过在女性中，不同种族 - 族裔群体跨代同居的预测百分比差异很大。
