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Repartnering of women in the United States: The interplay between motherhood and socio-economic status

Nallo,A.D.
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Ivanova,K.
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Balbo,N.
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We examine the socio-economic differentials in mothers’ and non-mothers’ repartnering behaviours following the dissolution of a co-residential (marital or cohabiting) union. Based on five waves of the National Survey of Family Growth (N = 11,479), we use discrete-time event history models, jointly modelling exit from a partnership and entry into a new union. Few differences are found for entry into direct marriage, which is a rarely observed event. However, when we examine women’s entry into cohabitation (a possible stepping stone to marriage), we observe: (1) a motherhood gap, where mothers are less likely to repartner than non-mothers; (2) a negative association between educational attainment and repartnering probability; and (3) the motherhood gap existing only for low-educated women. Supplementary analyses on the impact of the Great Recession demonstrate that whereas the economic cycle mattered for the repartnering of low-educated women, it made no difference for more highly educated women.
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2023
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Nallo, A D, Ivanova, K & Balbo, N 2023, 'Repartnering of women in the United States : The interplay between motherhood and socio-economic status', Population Studies-A Journal of Demography, vol. 77, no. 3, pp. 399-416. https://doi.org/10.1080/00324728.2022.2152478
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