Although many African Americans share a sociohistorical background, empirical research
on family and marital processes has often overlooked a great deal of heterogeneity within …

The research reveals that African Americans are the least likely to marry, when they marry,
they do so later and spend less time married than White Americans, and they are the least …

Racial and ethnic differentials in marriage are large and may contribute to maintaining
inequalities. Previous research identifies economic factors, particularly low levels of …

Over the past decade, social scientists have exhibited a growing interest in the percentage
of single-parent African American families and the overall decline in marriage rates among …

Blacks report lower marital quality and face a higher risk of marital dissolution than Whites,
but little is known about how Hispanics compare to these two groups. We examine five …

This article investigates the role of race in marital well-being. I argue that recent evidence
suggests that lower levels of marital well-being are evident for African Americans. Using …

Research on African American families throughout the twentieth century has focused largely
on the prevalence of single-mother families. Much debate has focused on understanding the …

It is not possible to understand African American marriages fully without attention to the
social, economic, racial, and historical factors that have stressed male—female relationships …

Research over the past decade has documented declining rates of marriage among African
Americans and has identified constrained mate availability as a key determinant of this …

In a time when the American family has undergone dramatic evolution, change among
African Americans has been particularly rapid and acute. African Americans now marry later …