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marriageable men hypothesis: a standalone construct

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Family sociology

the claim that falling marriage rates among Black women partly reflect a shortage of economically secure men available to marry.

In family sociology, marriageable men hypothesis refers to the claim that falling marriage rates among Black women partly reflect a shortage of economically secure men available to marry. This meaning comes from Lichter (1992) in American Sociological Review.[1]

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Lichter, D. T., McLaughlin, D. K., Kephart, G., & Landry, D. J. (1992). Race and the Retreat From Marriage: A Shortage of Marriageable Men? American Sociological Review, 57(6), 781. https://doi.org/10.2307/2096123

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