Josie Renfnorth Marital Racial quiz

Josephine Renforth

Soc 111

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In the article "Trends in Marital Happiness by Gender and Race, 1973 to 2006"  by Mamadi Corra East Carolina University, Greenville, NC Shannon K. Carter J. and Scott Carter, the marital satiations between the races was examined for trends  using the GSS from 1973 to 2006.    The GSS askes in it's surveys by GSS, "Sometimes as a general question."   It is also measured "Sometimes by capturing other aspects of their marital relationship, such as the amount of love and affection they receive, sexual relationship…"      Prior studies done in marital happiness by gender hypothesized women's, especially white women, becuae black women have historically always had to work, that white women's dissatisfaction was related to domesticity and boredom from being a housewife. However, the 1960s and  70's there was a dramatic increase of women entering the workforce, the research found increased dissatisfaction in marital happiness.. For women, egalitarian distribuptuion increases marital happiness, while some men, are less happy.  Additional literature in this study acknowledges the decrease in men's wages and the phenomenon of being unemployed and under employed, having to work two jobs, can affect an individuals marital happiness.

This study's research questions:

The results:  overall while males historically and presently report greater marital satisfaction.  The respondents also reported employment status and children under the age of eighteen to have less marital satisfaction.  The variable for age showed a trend or more marital happiness in the  18 – 24 and  25 plus ranges, with 36-64 reporing lowest marital happiness.  Race and gender, revealed that white males have been the most satisfied over the entire study.  Black men  and women's happiness "converged" as black women have beome happier in their marriages. White women  There was a change in marital happiness for black wives from 1990 to 200's.

 

In the article: "A PATH TOWARD INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE: Women's First Partners and Husbands across Racial Lines" Rosalind Berkowitz King  and  Jenifer L. Bratter study if the race of a women's first sexual partner is a predictor for the race of whom they entually marry.   Does a liberal upbringing led to marrying outside color lines?  In exploring frist sexual partner and first husband, researchers seek to answer the questions: "does a women's background influence her chose or race and ethnicity for first sexual partners and husbands?"  "Is there continunity in selfecting a first partner and a first husband?" and "Does this vary between ethnic and racial groups?"

Methods:  survey by the National Health of Family Growth from 1995 with 10,847.  Questions include if the first suxal experience was consensual, other detailed questions, including those about their husbancs.  The women were ages 15 to 44.  A major component to t study was the race and ethnicity of the wmen.

Findings:  The results found that Non-Hispanic Asiansnon-hispanic Asians  (NHA),non-hispanic whites   (HW) and (HAI)  women have higher odds of intimate interacial experiences compared to (NHW) this did not differ fornon-hispanic blacks  (NHB) , despite the sample size being much smaller then (NHW).   The results found that women wo cross color lineswith first intimate sexual relationships are more likely to marry interracially. Blacks face more color barriers with BW. Therefore there showed low racial intersection in intimate relationships. Meanwhile, Asians and Hispanics, who do not face the same racial separation from whites, do have a greter propensity of interacal sexual partern/marriage relations with whites.