Article
Black Men and Marriage: Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full?
Family Focus
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
1-1-2014
Abstract
To date, a number of scholars have focused on understanding Black men’s retreat from marriage, rather than focusing on those who have succeeded in marriage. According to recent estimates, one-third of Black men in the U.S. were married; this proportion is fewer than Hispanics (44%), Whites (53%), and Asians (58%), as reported by the United States Census Bureau in 2014. Cultivating strong marital relationships is important because marriages impact physical, psychological, emotional, and financial well-being as well as children’s developmental outcomes. Thus, disparities in marital formation and stability could negatively impact individual, child, and family well-being (Bryant & Wickrama, 2005).
Copyright Owner
National Council on Family Relations (NCFR)
Copyright Date
2014
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
Tera R. Hurt. "Black Men and Marriage: Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full?" Family Focus Vol. F17 (2014) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/tera_hurt/28/
This article is published as Hurt, T. R. (2014). Black men and marriage: Is the glass half empty or half full? National Council on Family Relations Report, Family Focus, Winter 2014, F17. Posted with permission.