Description/Abstract

This brief summarizes an examination of the impact of men's past military service on the likelihood that a couple will marry within 5 years of a nonmarital birth.

Original Citation

Usdansky, M. L., London, A. S., & Wilmoth, J. M. (2009). Veteran status, race-ethnicity, and marriage among fragile families. Journal of Marriage and Family, 71(3), 768-786. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00632.x

Document Type

Brief

Disciplines

Family, Life Course, and Society | Military and Veterans Studies | Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration | Social and Behavioral Sciences

Extent

2 pages

DCMI Type

Text

Keywords

Culture, Ethnicity, Fragile families and child wellbeing, Marriage, Military, Race

Subject

Marriage; Ethnicity; Veterans

Publisher

Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University

Date

1-24-2012

Language

English

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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