Motivated by the trend of women spending more time in paid labor and the general speedup of everyday life, the authors explore whether the resulting time crunch affects sexual frequency among married couples. Although prior research has examined the associations between relationship quality and household labor time, few have examined a dimension…

Tested a hypothesis, based on S. Steinberg's (1989) theory of ethnicity, that blacks, especially those of Caribbean extraction, would have a higher illegitimacy rate, higher cohabitation rates, and more open attitudes toward sex because they do not have a norm of legitimacy. Data from the National Survey of Families and Households do not support…

This article examines effects of preadolescent parenting strategies on timing of adolescents' dating and sexual initiation using data from two waves of the National Survey of Families and Households (1987-1988 and 1992-1994). Findings suggest parental monitoring prior to the onset of adolescence is important as a basic foundation for young people…

Using the 1987-88 National Survey of Families and Households, this research examines normative beliefs about marriage and cohabitation among non-Latino whites, Mexican Americans, and mainland Puerto Ricans. Results indicate Mexican Americans tend to be more pronuptial than non-Latino whites. They evaluate marriage more positively relative to…