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- Title
The Social Determinants of White College Students' Willingness to Marry Someone Who is African American.
- Authors
Nagabhusan, Sandhya; Baylor, Tim; Moore, Robert; Bradley, Megan
- Abstract
Participants at three institutions of higher learning were asked if they would be willing, if given the opportunity, to marry someone who was African American. Diversity at all three institutions was represented primarily by white and African American students. Two models were used to examine the results, a five-variable demographic model and a four-variable attitude model. The attitude model predicted a much larger percent of total variance; yet the demographics model did account for a good percent of total variance. Both models were significantly better predictors than the constant-only model with strong prediction rates. The variables "parents who graduated from college," "age," "race," "parental approval," "willingness to have sex," "willingness to date," and "willingness to move into an all-African American neighborhood" each proved significant in determining willingness to marry someone who was African American.
- Subjects
WHITE college students; AFRICAN American college students; COLLEGE student attitudes; MARITAL statistics; LEGAL status of ethnic groups
- Publication
Sociological Viewpoints, 2014, Vol 30, Issue 1, p118
- ISSN
1060-0876
- Publication type
Article