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The original, often controversial, research presented in this book links marital decline to a pivotal drop in the pool of marriageable black males. Increased joblessness has robbed many black men of their economic viability, rendering them not only less desirable as mates, but also less inclined to take on the responsibility of marriage. Higher death rates resulting from disease, poor health care, and violent crime, as well as evergrowing incarceration rates, have further depleted the male population.
In documenting their observations, editors M. Belinda Tucker and Claudia Mitchell-Kernan and the contributors take a hard look at the effects of chronic economic instability on cultural attitudes toward the male role as family provider. Their cogent historical analyses suggest that the influence of external circumstances over marriage preferences stems in large part from the profoundly damaging experience of slavery.
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The Decline in Marriage Among African Americans firmly positions declining marriage within an ominous cycle of economic and social erosion that finds increasing numbers of women struggling to raise children and manage families alone.
The authors of concluding essays propose specific policies for relieving the problems associated with changing marital behavior, focusing on economic and healthcare support for single parent families, improved public education, and expanded employment opportunities for African American men.
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The Decline in Marriage Among African Americans: Causes, Consequences, and Policy Implications
October 1995, Russell Sage Foundation Publications
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The decline in marriage among African Americans: causes, consequences, and policy implications
1995, Russell Sage Foundation, Russell Sage Foundation Publications
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Decline in Marriage among African Americans: Causes, Consequences, and Policy Implications
1995, Russell Sage Foundation
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The Decline in Marriage Among African Americans: Causes, Consequences, and Policy Implications
July 1995, Russell Sage Foundation Publications
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