Entry:

Kalmijn, Matthijs, "Shifting Boundaries: Trends in Religious and Educational Homogamy," American Sociological Review, 56 (December, 1991), 786-800.


Abstract:

Protestant/Catholic intermarriage rates increased sharply from the 1920's to the 1980's; at the same time, people were increasingly likely to marry a person with similar educational attainment. Currently there is more education than religious segregation in marriage.

GSS Years:

1972-1984

Other Data Sets:

CPS 1957; Growth of American Families Survey 1955, 1960; NFS 1965

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
MARITAL

MARITAL STATUS

AGEWED

AGE WHEN FIRST MARRIED

AGE

AGE OF RESPONDENT

RELIG

RS RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE

SPREL

SPOUSES RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE

DEGREE

RS HIGHEST DEGREE