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- Creators: Yabiku, Scott
- Creators: Andres, Brandelyn Mary-Christine
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Racial and ethnic differences in marriage outcomes are well established in the previous literature. In addition, variation in the social structure in which individuals reside has an impact on the context in which mate selection and marriage occur. The purpose of this dissertation is to determine how these variations shape marriage outcomes for Non-Hispanic Whites, Non-Hispanic Blacks, Hispanics and Non-Hispanic Asians. Beyond racial and ethnic characteristics, this series of studies take into account temporal metropolitan characteristics. Study 1 uses U.S. Census and American Community Survey data to predict metropolitan marriage prevalence at three time points: 1990, 2000 and 2010. Study 2 predicts the odds that individuals across the four racial/ethnic groups have never married, taking into account structural characteristics including region of residence. Study 3 predicts the odds that currently married women are racially or ethnically intermarried, with emphasis on race/ethnicity and region of residence. The results suggest that metropolitan structural characteristics matter somewhat, but individuals' race/ethnicity is the strongest predictor of both the odds of having never married and intermarriage. There is also evidence that region serves as a moderator impacting the overall marriage outcomes of racial/ethnic minority groups to a greater extent in comparison to Non-Hispanic Whites.
ContributorsWalker, Laquitta M (Author) / Glick, Jennifer E. (Thesis advisor) / Yabiku, Scott (Committee member) / Diaz McConnell, Eileen (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2016
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During the 2nd millennium BCE Aegean Bronze Age, the people of Crete venerated an “erotic” goddess who was associated with marriage, sexuality, and the carnal pleasures of intercourse. As a syncretized version of the Mesopotamian Inanna and Ištar and their later eastern derivatives, her arrival on the island is attributed to an increased exposure to Levantine cultures, which was facilitated by the extensive networks of international exchange (trade, diplomacy, and population shifts) that linked the Mediterranean with the Near East. The presence of the “erotic” goddess in Crete fulfilled a distinct function: she guided elite female initiates through premarital and wedding-related rites of passage that were modeled from sacred marriage, a mythology that described the marital union of two deities or a king and the “erotic” goddess. To compensate for the lacunae in texts on this matter, this study draws from literary and cultural comparative material from the Near East and eastern Mediterranean to reconstruct the structure and metaphorical significance of female premarital initiation ceremonies in Crete and Thera, a Cycladic site with a strong Cretan cultural influence. The symbolism in Mesopotamian and Canaanite love songs and erotic poetry provides analogues to the iconography within Aegean frescoes produced in elite contexts between the Middle Minoan (MM) IIIB and Late Minoan (LM) IA periods. These paintings, which suggest a heightened sociocultural and political importance placed on matrimony, coincide with a time of increased factional competition among Crete’s elite. Wedding-related rites of passage facilitated such rivalries by cementing alliances between kin groups and advertising the perpetuation of dynastic lineages, both of which were processes in which females played key social and biological roles. Images of fine clothing, copious amounts of adornment, and floral symbolism communicated to the initiates the social and sexual expectations of women as brides and wives, while reinforcing strategies of gender-specific expressions of elite identity. The Cretan “erotic” goddess encouraged women to enact their sexuality, which enabled their active participation in Crete’s cultural and political systems, while her connections to sacred marriage underscored the ways in which marital unions could be effectively used to legitimize power.
ContributorsAndres, Brandelyn Mary-Christine (Author) / Serwint, Nancy J. (Thesis advisor) / Fahlman, Betsy (Committee member) / Hitchcock, Louise (Committee member) / Nakhai, Beth A. (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2021
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This dissertation explores changes in fertility and family formation in South Korea, a setting in which rapid demographic changes have taken place since the early twentieth century. Despite active debate and discussion among experts and policymakers, knowledge is still limited in regards to the country’s significant demographic changes. I take advantage of Korean census samples data from 1966 to 2010, which span birth cohorts from pre- and early-transitional stages to post-transitional stages, which comprise the entry stage of the second demographic transition. From a cohort perspective, I use diverse demographic methods to analyze three different aspects of fertility and family formation—fertility differentials, marriage delay, and fertility concentration.
The findings illustrate how fertility and marriage patterns have changed over generations and range from a politically tumultuous period, which includes World War II, liberation, and the Korean War, to an advanced economic period. By and large, the three studies suggest that until 1960, fertility and family formation converged as per social norms and leadership guidelines. Then, marriage and childbearing behaviors began to diversify and variation by social groups increased for cohorts born during and after the 1960s. The phrase “convergence towards diversity” captures the reversal of demographic trends within the country. Taken together, this dissertation advances our understanding of how fertility and family formation have changed in South Korea, which has been on an intense demographic journey from pre-transitional fertility through very low fertility, and currently headed toward another destination.
The findings illustrate how fertility and marriage patterns have changed over generations and range from a politically tumultuous period, which includes World War II, liberation, and the Korean War, to an advanced economic period. By and large, the three studies suggest that until 1960, fertility and family formation converged as per social norms and leadership guidelines. Then, marriage and childbearing behaviors began to diversify and variation by social groups increased for cohorts born during and after the 1960s. The phrase “convergence towards diversity” captures the reversal of demographic trends within the country. Taken together, this dissertation advances our understanding of how fertility and family formation have changed in South Korea, which has been on an intense demographic journey from pre-transitional fertility through very low fertility, and currently headed toward another destination.
ContributorsYoo, Sam Hyun (Author) / Sarah, Hayford (Thesis advisor) / Agadjanian, Victor (Committee member) / Yabiku, Scott (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2015