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The determinants of marital disruption for a nationally representative cross-section of black and white women aged 14 to 24 in 1968 are examined from an interdisciplinary perspective. Utilizing data from theNationalLongitudinal Survey ofLabor Market Behavior ofYoung Women, a multivariate analysis incorporating afullrange ofeconomic, social and demographic variables examined the determinants ofa first marital disruption between 1968 and19 73 foryoung women who were married at any point during that interval. Whereas economic factors were found to have some importance, other social and demographicfactors appeared to have a more significant independent effect on the probability of disruption.
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