Resumen

La raza, religión y la edad aparecen como las variables más influyentes en la homogamia. Este articulose centra sobre dos temas, (1) Cuando se controla elstatus marital previo. (Como los solteros, viudos y divorciados como novias y novios expresan homogamia con respecto a la edad? (2) Como difieren las parejas de blancos y negros en sus tendencias de combinación? (Ej. casamiento de soltero con viuda, divorciado con soliera etc.) Tres conclusiones emergen del examen de estos datos. Primero, los novios y novias solteros tienden a ser más jovenes que sus contrapartes divorciadas, y éstas, a su vez, tiendena ser más jóenes que los que han sido viudos. Segundo, los que seleccionan una parejaviuda tiendena ser mayores que los que seleccionan una pareja divorciada, y finalmente los que seleccionan una pareja soltera son los más jóenee. Tercero, los viudos representan una mayor proporcion de nuevo matrimonioentrelos negros que entre los blancos, y estos viudos de color tienden a ser más jóuenes que los viudos blancos.

Summary

Race, religion, and age appear to be the most influential variables in homogamy. This paper treats two questions. (1) How will the single, divorced, and widowed as brides and grooms express homogamy with respect to age when previous marital status is controlled? (2) How do white and Negro couples differ in their assortative tendencies?

Three conclusions emerge from the examination of the data. First, single brides and grooms tend to be younger than their divorced counterparts, and these, in turn, tend to be younger than those who have been widowed. Second, those who select widowed mates tend to be older than those who select divorced mates, and those with single mates tend to be youngest. Third, the widowed represent a larger proportion of total remarriages among Negroes than among whites, and they tend to be younger than their white counterparts.

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