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Who will Divorce: A 14-Year Longitudinal Study of Black Couples and White Couples

Terri L. Orbuch

Oakland University and University of Michigan, orbuch{at}umich.edu

Joseph Veroff

University of Michigan

Halimah Hassan

University of Michigan

Julie Horrocks

University of Michigan

The present study examines the early development of marriage for a representative sample of urban white couples and black couples. We are interested in predicting the stability of these marriages over the first 14 years of marriage. First, we assess whether objective social and economic conditions account for divorce over time. These factors focus on oppressive social conditions, lower status positions in society, and challenges of parenthood and family responsibilities. Next, we concentrate on perceived interactive processes between spouses that are critical for maintaining a relationship over time. We postulate that race, gender, and time act as contexts in which to understand the quality and impact of structure and the perceptions of interaction in predicting divorce. Results indicate that both race and education are critical to the risk of divorce over 14 years. Perceived interactional processes are also important to divorce, but often depend on the contexts of race and gender.

Key Words: divorce • gender • marriage • race

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Vol. 19, No. 2, 179-202 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/0265407502192002
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