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Song, Lijun – Social Forces, 2009
This article demonstrates that the Cultural Revolution led to a temporary decline in educational homogamy in urban China, which was reversed when the Cultural Revolution ended. Previous studies on educational homogamy in China have paid incomplete attention to China's shifting institutional structures. This research applies institutional theory to…
Descriptors: Conflict, Educational Attainment, Foreign Countries, Social Change
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Cunningham, Mick – Social Forces, 2008
Declines in support for the male breadwinner, female homemaker family model in recent decades have been thoroughly documented, but research into the way such attitudes change over the life course remains limited. Drawing on panel data and latent growth curve modeling techniques, the study identifies patterns and predictors of attitude change from…
Descriptors: Employment, Homemakers, Heads of Households, Sex Role
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Kalmijn, Matthijs; Liefbroer, Aart C.; van Poppel, F. W. A.; van Solinge, Hanna – Social Forces, 2006
The tendency of members of many ethno-religious groups to marry within their group has been considered evidence for the persistent role of ascription in modern society. What is the role of the family of origin in this process? To answer this question, we study the marriage choices of Jews in the Netherlands, using a unique dataset and a novel…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Characteristics, Jews, Family Influence
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Yamaguchi, Kazuo; Kandel, Denise – Social Forces, 1993
Analysis of longitudinal and current survey data on 545 married/cohabiting couples found highest marital homophily for ethnicity, fertility expectations, religion, educational attainment, marital satisfaction, and illicit drug use. On drug use, data best supported a model of marital selection and assortative mating but was inconclusive concerning…
Descriptors: Cohabitation, Family Influence, Illegal Drug Use, Longitudinal Studies
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Hagan, John; Wheaton, Blair – Social Forces, 1993
LISREL analysis of Toronto (Canada) survey data suggests that the search for adolescent role exits such as early marriage or parenthood was most strongly related to family strains and absence of parental controls, followed by female gender plus maternal unemployment, feelings of depression, father's socioeconomic status, identification with…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Early Parenthood, Family Influence