评估年轻英国人的伙伴关系期望,态度及其潜在调解者的父母SES梯度
Lydia Palumbo1, Ann Berrington2, Peter Eibich3
1University of Turku, Finland; Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany; University of Southampton, Centre for Population Change (CPC), UK.
Advances in life course research
|July 27, 2024
概括
来自弱势背景的年轻人有较低的婚姻期望,受家庭结构和学术社交的影响. 在各个社会经济群体中,共同生活的期望仍然相似.
科学领域:
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 家庭人口统计 家庭人口统计
- 社会分层的社会分层.
背景情况:
- 来自处境不利的年轻人比处境有利的同龄人更早地进入伙伴关系,并避免结婚.
- 父母背景对伙伴关系形成期望的影响未得到充分研究.
- 调解伙伴关系期望中的这些社会经济差异的机制需要进一步探索.
研究的目的:
- 分析父母社会经济地位与年轻英国人对婚姻和同居的期望之间的关系.
- 根据父母的背景,调查人们对理想结婚年龄的态度.
- 检查家庭结构和学术社会化在这些协会中的调解作用.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自英国家庭小组调查和理解协会的数据.
- 采用KHB分解方法进行调解分析.
- 评估了青少年时期的社会化机制 (家庭结构,学术).
主要成果:
- 英国的婚姻期望在社会上是分层的;处境不利的年轻人对婚姻的期望较低.
- 在社会经济群体之间,共同生活期望的差异并不显著.
- 处境不利的年轻人对理想结婚年龄的不确定性更大.
- 学术社会化部分调解了观察到的关系.
- 家庭结构的社会化,特别是单亲家庭,显著调解了这种关系.
结论:
- 父母的社会经济地位显著塑造了婚姻期望和理想年龄,但不是同居期望.
- 青少年时期的家庭结构是关键的调解者,单亲家庭背景与较低的婚姻期望有关.
- 调查结果强调了英国婚姻形成期望的社会分层.
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