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
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GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document: |
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Variable Name |
Variable Label |
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| MARITAL |
MARITAL STATUS |
| AGEWED |
AGE WHEN FIRST MARRIED |
| AGE |
AGE OF RESPONDENT |
| RELIG |
RS RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE |
| SPREL |
SPOUSES RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE |
| DEGREE |
RS HIGHEST DEGREE |