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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Fam Issues. 2016 Aug 13;38(12):1775–1799. doi: 10.1177/0192513X16664180
All women Analytical sample (intact unions)

1988 2011-13 1988 2011-13

Race-ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white 73.5% 58.5% 79.5% 65.5%
Non-Hispanic black 12.8% 14.7% 7.6% 8.4%
Native-born Hispanic 5.7% 12.1% 4.4% 9.7%
Foreign-born Hispanic 3.9% 7.7% 4.6% 9.7%
Other 4.1% 7.1% 3.9% 6.7%
Years of education
Less than 12 years 23.3% 22.5% 15.0% 14.7%
12 years 33.4% 21.9% 38.2% 21.1%
1-3 years of college 25.4% 28.4% 25.1% 28.5%
4 or more years of college 17.9% 27.2% 21.7% 35.6%
N 8, 450 5,601 4,447 2,469