Race And Intimate

Race And Intimate

Relationships

Relationships

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U.S. Census Bureau 2010 (Persons 18+ years old)

Divorce Rates Are Complex

When we control for income, home ownership, and family

size BLACKS ARE LESS LIKELY TO GET DIVORCED THAN

WHITES

Broken families are less devastating for Blacks than Whites

because Black women have greater coping mechanisms and

men are, likely, still incorporated into kinship relationships

Big

Issues

Big

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• What happened to all the

What happened to all the

families with 12 children?

families with 12 children?

• Difference between fertility

Difference between fertility

and fecundity

and fecundity

• High fertility rates

High fertility rates

Southern rural Blacks, Native Americans, Mexican

Southern rural Blacks, Native Americans, Mexican

AmericansAmericans

• Moderate fertility rates

Moderate fertility rates

Southern urban Blacks, Blacks outside of the south

Southern urban Blacks, Blacks outside of the south

• Low fertility rates

Low fertility rates

Japanese and Chinese Americans

Japanese and Chinese Americans

Are There Differences

Are There Differences

In Fertility Rates?

In Fertility Rates?

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• The Marriage Squeeze

The Marriage Squeeze• Single-parent families

Single-parent families• Hypogamy

Hypogamy• ““Too Few Men”

Too Few Men”• Extended Families

Extended Families• Female Networks And

Female Networks And

The Problem Of

The Problem Of MigrationMigration• ““Fathers” vs “Daddies”

Fathers” vs “Daddies”

• Childrearing Practices

Childrearing Practices• Corporal Punishment

Corporal Punishment

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• ““Familism”Familism”• CollectivityCollectivity• Consensual Unions

Consensual Unions• Gender Norms

Gender Norms• ““Machismo”Machismo”• Feminine Virtues

Feminine Virtues• Extended Families

Extended Families• ““Grandfamilies”

Grandfamilies”• Kinship Networks And The

Kinship Networks And The

Problem Of Public Services

Problem Of Public Services

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• ““Eastern” (Confucian) Values

Eastern” (Confucian) Values

• CollectivityCollectivity• Respect For Elders

Respect For Elders• ““Obligation”

Obligation”• Marriage & Family Disruptions

Marriage & Family Disruptions

• Parental Involvement In Dating

Parental Involvement In Dating

• Divorce & Out-of-Wedlock Births

Divorce & Out-of-Wedlock Births

• Childrearing Practices

Childrearing Practices• Consolidated Investments

Consolidated Investments

• Power of Shame and Guilt

Power of Shame and Guilt

• Permissiveness

Permissiveness