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Black Men and Marriage: Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full?
Family Focus
  • Tera R. Hurt, Iowa State University
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Article
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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).

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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.

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National Council on Family Relations (NCFR)
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en
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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/