Mate Selection Among Married and Cohabiting Couples

By D. Blackwell, D. Lichter. 2000

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Subfields: Demography, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Gender Studies

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Trends in educational assortative marriage from 1940 to 2003 (2005, background): “heterogamous couples ( Blackwell and Lichter 2000, 2004; Gwartney-Gibbs 1986:432), then”
The Crossroads of Race and Sexuality (2003, background): “For example, some studies show that certain ethnic groups “trade” financial and educational aspects of human capital for “Whites” in assortative mating (e.g., Blackwell & Lichter, 2000; Qian, 1997).”
Educational Assortative Mating and the Family Background of the Next Generation (2006, background): “For many couples, childbearing may represent a high level of commitment on a continuum from sexual intimacy to cohabitation to marriage (Blackwell and Lichter 2000, 2004), implying a higher degree of spousal resemblance on key social traits for parents than for all married couples.”
Why Have Women Become Left-Wing? The Political Gender Gap and the Decline in Marriage (2002, background): “…correlated [Becker 1991; Mare 1991; Qian and Preston 1993; Juhn and Murphy 1997]; high male relative to female earnings are conducive to marriage [Blackwell and Lichter 2000; Blau, Kahn, and Waldfogel 2000]; on divorce, female income falls substantially, with remarriage the main route to…”
“But Will It Last?”: Marital Instability Among Interracial and Same‐Race Couples* (2008, background): “According to U.S. Census estimates, cohabitations are more likely to be interracial than are marriages (Blackwell & Lichter, 2000; Harris & Ono, 2000).”
Why the Academic Pipeline Leaks: Fewer Men than Women Perceive Barriers to Becoming Professors (2004, background): “In addition, studies have shown that women, and particularly those with university degrees, are more likely to prefer men who are highly educated for long-term relationships (Blackwell & Lichter, 2000; Buunk, Dijkstra, Fetchenhauer, & Kenrick, 2002).”