The Tempo of Remarriage among Young American Women

Abstract

This study uses data from the [U.S.] National Longitudinal Survey of Work Experience of Young Women to examine the socioeconomic determinants of the timing of remarriage during the first five years following divorce for young women who divorced for the first time between 1968 and 1973. The study concludes that while socioeconomic and demographic variables are only moderately useful predictors of remarriage not taking into account the effect that background factors have on the pace of remarriage can lead to significant misstatements of the importance of various factors for interpreting the likelihood of remarriage. (EXCERPT)