Marriage, divorce, remarriage / Andrew J. Cherlin.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cherlin, Andrew J., 1948-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, [1981]
Series:Social trends in the United States.
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Table of Contents:
  • THE TRENDS
  • Entering marriage
  • Childbearing
  • Marital dissolution
  • Remarriage after divorce
  • An overview
  • THE EXPLANATIONS
  • The 1950s
  • The 1960s and 1970s
  • The 1980s
  • The general and the particular
  • THE CONSEQUENCES
  • Marriage, divorce, remarriage, and the life course
  • Household, family, and marriage: persistence and change
  • Family life after divorce and remarriage
  • BLACK-WHITE DIFFERENCES
  • The divergent trends
  • Accounting for the differences
  • The consequences of the trends.