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Latinas’ Transition to First Marriage: An Examination of Four Theoretical Perspectives
Author(s) -
Lloyd Kim M.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of marriage and family
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 159
eISSN - 1741-3737
pISSN - 0022-2445
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2006.00309.x
Subject(s) - postponement , census , marriage market , residence , demographic economics , immigration , transition (genetics) , national longitudinal surveys , human capital , fertility , demography , sociology , psychology , economics , geography , population , economic growth , biochemistry , operations management , chemistry , archaeology , gene
National Longitudinal Survey of Youth and census data are used to examine the effect of both individual‐ and contextual‐level determinants on Latinas’ transition to first marriage ( n = 745). Hypotheses derived from 4 leading theories of marriage timing are evaluated. Discrete‐time event‐history models that control for clustering within Labor Market Areas suggest that foreign‐born Latina and Anglo women have virtually identical marriage trajectories. Analyses further demonstrate that Latinas’ individual human capital, and residence in areas characterized by a relatively large supply of single foreign‐born Latino men, are associated with higher probabilities of marriage, whereas women’s aggregate economic opportunities are correlated with the predicted postponement of first marriage.