Hispanic families: Stability and change

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 33, Issue , 2007, Pages 381-405

  Landale, Nancy S ^a   Oropesa, R S ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Familism; Family structure; Fertility; Marriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848838588     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.soc.33.040406.131655     Document Type: Review

References (113)

1. Abma JC, Martinez GM, Mosher WD, Dawson BS. 2004. Teenagers in the United States: sexual activity, contraceptive use, and childbearing, 2002. Vital Health Stat. 23(24)4-48
2. Alba R, Nee V. 2003. Remaking the American Mainstream: Assimilation and Contemporary Immigration. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ. Press
3. Amagada I. 2004. Transformaciones sociales y demográficas de las familias latinoamericanas. Papel. Poblac. 40:71-95
4. Baca Zinn M, Pok AYH. 2002. Tradition and transition in Mexican-origin families. In Minority Families in the United States: A Multicultural Perspective, ed. RL Taylor, pp. 79-100. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall
5. Baca Zinn M, Wells B. 2000. Diversity within Latino families: new lessons for family social science. In Handbook of Family Diversity, ed. DH Demo, KR Allen, MA Fine, pp. 262-73. New York: Oxford Univ. Press
6. Banfield E. 1958. The Moral Basis of a Backward Society. Glencoe, IL: Free Press
7. Bean FD, Berg RR, Van Hook J. 1996. Socioeconomic and cultural incorporation and marital disruption among Mexican Americans. Soc. Forces 75:593-617
8. Bean FD, Tienda M. 1987. The Hispanic Population of the United States. New York: Russell Sage Found.
9. Becerra RM. 1983. The Mexican-American: aging in a changing culture. In Aging in Minority Groups, ed. RL McNeely, JL Cohen, pp. 108-18. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage
10. Becker G. 1991. A Treatise on the Family. Boston: Harvard Univ. Press
11. Bramlett MD, Mosher WD. 2002. Cohabitation, marriage, divorce and remarriage in the United States. Vital Health Stat. 234-93
12. Brea J. 2003. Population dynamics in Latin America. Popul. Bull. 58:3-34. http://www.prb.org/Source/58.1PopulDynamicsLatinAmer.pdf
13. Brown S, Van Hook J, Glick J. 2006. Generational differences in cohabitation and marriage in the U.S. Work. Pap. 2006-03, Cent. Fam. Demogr. Res., Bowling Green State Univ.
14. Bumpass LL. 1989. National estimates of cohabitation. Demography 26:615-25
15. Bumpass LL, Lu HH. 2000. Trends in cohabitation and implications for children's family contexts in the United States. Popul. Stud. 54:29-41
16. Casper LM, Bianchi SM. 2002. Continuity and Change in the American Family. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage
17. Castro Martin T. 2002. Consensual unions in Latin America: persistence of a dual nuptiality system. J. Comp. Fam. Stud. 33:35-55
18. Chackiel J, Schkolnik S. 1996. Latin America: overview of the fertility transition, 1950-1990. In The Fertility Transition in Latin America, ed. JM Guzman, S Singh, G Rodriguez, EA Pantelides, 1:3-26. Oxford: Clarendon
19. Chavez LR, Hubbell EA, Mishra SI, Valdez RB. 1997. Undocumented Latina immigrants in Orange County, California: a comparative analysis. Int. Migr. Rev. 31:88-107
20. Cohen PN. 2002. Extended households at work: living arrangements and inequality in single mothers' employment. Sociol. Forum 17:445-63
21. Cuellar JB. 1980. El senior citizens' club: the old Mexican American in the voluntary association. In Life's Career Aging, ed. DE Gelfand, AJ Kutzik, pp. 154-74. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage
22. Dietz TL. 1995. Patterns of intergenerational assistance within the Mexican American family. J. Fam. Issues 16:344-56
23. Duncan B, Hotz VJ, Trejo SJ. 2006. Hispanics in the U.S. labor market. See Tienda & Mitchell 2006a, pp. 228-90
24. Duncan B, Trejo SJ. 2005. Ethnic identification, intermarriage, and unmeasured progress by Mexican Americans. IZA Discuss. Pap. 1629, Inst. Study Labor, Bonn, Germany
25. Durand J, Telles E, Flashman J. 2006. The demographic foundations of the Latino population. See Tienda & Mitchell 2006a, pp. 66-99
26. East P. 1998. Racial and ethnic differences in girls' sexual, marital, and birth expectations. J. Marriage Fam. 60:150-62
27. Feliciano C. 2005. Educational selectivity in U.S. immigration: How do immigrants compare to those left behind? Demography 42:131-52
28. Fix M, Zimmerman W. 1997. Immigrant families and public policy: a deepening divide. In Immigration and the Family: Research and Policy on U. S. Immigrants, ed. A Booth, AC Crouter, N Landale, 12:237-62. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Earlbaum
29. Flores E, Tschann JM, Marin B, Pantoja P. 2004. Marital conflict and acculturation among Mexican American husbands and wives. Cult. Divers. Ethn. Minor. Psychol. 10:39-52
30. Forste R, Tienda M. 1996. What's behind racial and ethnic fertility differentials? Popul. Dev. Rev. 22(Suppl.): 109-33
31. Frank R, Heuveline P. 2005. A crossover in Mexican and Mexican-American fertility rates: explanations and evidence for an emerging paradox. Demogr. Res. 12:77-104
32. Fricke T. 2003. Culture and causality: an anthropological comment. Popul. Dev. Rev. 29:470-79
33. Frisbie WP, Bean FD, Eberstein I. 1980. Recent changes in marital instability among Mexican Americans. Soc. Forces 58:1205-20
34. Frisbie WP, Opitz W, Kelly WR. 1985. Marital instability trends among Mexican Americans as compared to blacks and Anglos. Soc. Sci. Q. 66:587-601
35. Fussell E, Palloni A 2004. Persistent marriage regimes in changing times. J. Marriage Fam. 66:1201-13
36. García B, Rojas O. 2001. Recent transformations in Latin American families: a socio-demographic perspective. Presented at Gen. Popul. Conf. IUSSP, XXIV, Salvador de Bahia, Brazil
37. Glick J. 1999. Economic support from and to extended kin: a comparison of Mexican Americans and Mexican immigrants. Int. Migr. Rev. 33:745-65
38. Goodenough WH. 2003. In pursuit of culture. Annu. Rev. Anthropol. 32:1-12
39. Gordon M. 1964. Assimilation in American Life: The Role of Race, Religion, and National Origins. New York: Oxford Univ. Press
40. Haines M. 2005. Fertility and mortality in the United States. In EH.Net Encyclopedia, ed. R Whaples. Oxford, OH: EH.Net. http://eh.net/encyclopedia/article/haines.demography
41. Hammel EA 1990. A theory of culture for demography. Popul. Dev. Rev. 16:455-85
42. Harknett K, McLanahan S. 2004. Racial and ethnic differences in marriage after the birth of child. Am. Sociol. Rev. 69:790-811
43. Harris M. 1999. Theories of Culture in Postmodern Times. Walnut Creek, CA: Altamira
44. Hogan DP, Astone NM. 1986. The transition to adulthood. Annu. Rev. Sociol. 12:109-30
45. Hogan DP, Eggebeen DJ, Clogg CC. 1993. The structure of intergenerational exchanges in American families. Am. J. Sociol. 98:1428-58
46. Kamo Y. 2000. Racial and ethnic differences in extended family households. Sociol. Perspect. 43:211-29
47. Keefe SE. 1984. Real and ideal extended familism among Mexican Americans and Anglo Americans: on the meaning of'close' family ties. Hum. Organ. 43:65-70
48. Landale NS, Ogena NB. 1995. Migration and union dissolution among Puerto Rican women. Int. Migr. Rev. 29:671-92
49. Landale NS, Oropesa RS. 2002. White, black or Puerto Rican? Racial self-identification among mainland and island Puerto Ricans. Soc. Forces 81:231-54
50. Landale NS, Oropesa RS, Bradatan C. 2006. Hispanic families in the United States: family structure and process in an era of family change. See Tienda & Mitchell 2006a, pp. 138-78
51. Lee S, Edmonston B. 2005. New marriages, new families: U.S. racial and Hispanic intermar-riage. Popul. Bull. Washington, DC: Pop. Ref. Bur.
52. Lenski G, LenskiJ, Nolan P. 1991. Human Societies: An Introduction to Macrosociology. New York: McGraw-Hill
53. Lesthaeghe R, Moors G. 2000. Recent trends in fertility and household formation in the industrialized world. Rev. Popul. Soc. Policy 9:121-71
54. Lewis O. 1961. The Children of Sánchez, Autobiography of a Mexican Family. New York: Random House
55. Lewis O. 1966. La Vida: A Puerto Rican Family in the Culture of Poverty. New York: Vintage
56. Manning W. 2001. Childbearing in cohabiting unions: racial and ethnic differences. Fam. Plan. Perspect. 33:217-23
57. Manning W. 2004. Children and the stability of cohabiting couples. J. Marriage Fam. 66:674-89
58. Martin JA Hamilton BE, Ventura SJ, Menacker F, Park MM. 2002. Births: final data for 2000. Natl. Vital Stat. Rep. 50(5):1-101
59. Martin P, Midgley E. 2003. Immigration: shaping and reshaping America. Popul. Bull. 58:1-44. http://www.prb.org/Source/58. 2ImmigrShapingAmerica.pdf
60. McLoyd V, Cauce AM, Takeuchi D, Wilson L. 2000. Marital processes and parental socialization in families of color: a decade review of research. J. Marriage Fam. 62:1070-93
61. Menjívar C. 2006. Liminal legality: Salvadoran and Guatemalan immigrants' lives in the United States. Am. J. Sociol. 111:999-1037
62. Mindel CH. 1980. Extended familism among urban Mexican Americans, Anglos, and blacks. Hisp.J. Behav. Sci. 2:21-34
63. Musick K. 2002. Planned and unplanned childbearing among unmarried women. J. Marriage Fam. 64:915-29
64. Natl. Cent. Health Stat. 2003. Health, United States 2003. Hyattsville, MD: U.S. Dep. Health Hum. Serv., Natl. Cent. Health Stat.
65. Natl. Cent. Health Stat. 2005. Health, United States 2005. Hyattsville, MD: U.S. Dep. Health Hum. Serv., Natl. Cent. Health Stat.
66. Oppenheimer VK. 1988. A theory of marriage timing. Am. J. Sociol. 93:563-91
67. Oppenheimer VK. 2000. The continuing importance of men's economic position in marriage formation. In The Ties That Bind: Perspectives on Marriage and Cohabitation, ed. LJ Waite, pp. 283-301. New York: Aldine de Gruyter
68. Oropesa RS, Gorman BK. 2000. Ethnicity, immigration, and beliefs about marriage as a 'tie that binds'. In The Ties That Bind: Perspectives on Marriage and Cohabitation, ed. LJ Waite, pp. 188-211. New York: Aldine de Gruyter
69. Oropesa RS, Landale NS. 2004. The future of marriage and Hispanics. J. Marriage Fam. 66:901-20
70. Oropesa RS, Lichter DT, Anderson R. 1994. Marriage markets and the paradox of Mexican-American nuptiality. J. Marriage Fam. 56:889-907
71. Ortiz V. 1997. Family economic strategies among Latinas. Race Gend. Class 4:91-106
72. Parrado EA. 2004. International migration and men's marriage in western Mexico. J. Camp. Fam. Stud. 35:51-72
73. Pew Hisp. Cent. 2006a. A statistical portrait of Hispanics at mid-decade. http://pewhispanic.org/reports/middecade. Accessed Feb. 8, 2007
74. Pew Hisp. Cent. 2006b. Fact Sheet: Cubans in the United States. Washington, DC: Pew Hisp. Cent, http://pewhispanic.org/files/factsheets/23. pdf
75. Phillips JA, Sweeney MM. 2005. Premarital cohabitation and the risk of marital disruption among white, black, and Mexican American women. J. Marriage Fam. 67:296-314
76. Phillips JA Sweeney MM. 2006. Can differential exposure to risk factors explain recent racial and ethnic variation in marital disruption. Soc. Sci. Res. 35:409-34
77. Phinney JS, Ong A Madden T. 2000. Cultural values and intergenerational value discrepancies in immigrant and non-immigrant families. Child Dev. 71:528-39
78. Popul. Ref. Bur. 2005. 2005 World Population Data Sheet. Washington, DC: Popul. Ref. Bur. http://www.prb.org/pdf05/ 05WorldDataSheet_Eng.pdf
79. Raley RK, Durden TE, Wildsmith E. 2004. Understanding Mexican-American marriage patterns using a life course perspective. Soc. Sci. Q. 85:872-90
80. Ramirez RR, de la Cruz P. 2002. The Hispanic population in the United States. Curr. Popul. Rep. P20-545, U.S. Census Bur., Washington, DC
81. Robinson WC. 1997. The economic theory of fertility over three decades. Popul. Stud. 51:63-74
82. Roshelle AR. 1997. No More Kin: Exploring Race, Class and Gender in Family Networks. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage
83. Rumbaut RG. 2006. The making of a people. See Tienda & Mitchell 2006a, pp. 1-15
84. Sabogal F, Marin G, Otero-Sabogal R, Marin BV, Perez-Stable EJ. 1987. Hispanic familism and acculturation: What changes and what doesn't? Hisp. J. Behav. Sci. 9:397-412
85. Sarkisian N, Gerena M, Gerstel N. 2006. Extended family ties among Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and whites: superintegration or disintegration? Fam. Relat. 55:331-44
86. Singley S, Landale NS. 1998. Incorporating origin and process in migration-fertility frameworks: the case of Puerto Rican women. Soc. Forces 76:1437-64
87. Smith JP. 2003. Assimilation across the Latino generations. Am. Econ. Rev. 93:315-19
88. Smock PJ. 2000. Cohabitation in the United States: an appraisal of research themes, findings, and implications. Annu. Rev. Sociol. 26:1-20
89. Steidel AG, Contreras L, Contreras JM. 2003. A new familism scale for use with Latino populations. Hisp. J. Behav. Sci. 25:312-30
90. Surkyn J, Lesthaeghe R. 2004. Value orientations and the second demographic transition in northern, western and southern Europe: an update. Demogr. Res. 3 (Spec. Collect.):45-86
91. Suro R, Passei J. 2003. The Rise of the Second Generation: Changing Patterns in Hispanic Population Growth. Washington, DC: Pew Hisp. Cent.
92. Sutton PD, Mathews TJ. 2006. Birth and fertility rates by Hispanic origin subgroups: United States, 1990 and 2000. Vital Health Stat. 21:1-95
93. Sweeney MM. 2002. Two decades of family change: the shifting economic foundations of marriage. Am. Sociol. Rev. Rev. 67:132-47
94. Swidler A. 1986. Culture in action: symbols and strategies. Am. Sociol. Rev. 51:273-86
95. Swidler A. 2001. Talk of Love: How Culture Matters. Chicago: Univ. Chicago Press
96. Tienda M, Mitchell F, eds. 2006a. Hispanics and the Future of America. Washington, DC: Natl. Acad. Press
97. Tienda M, Mitchell F, eds. 2006b. Multiple Origins, Uncertain Destinies: Hispanics and the American Future. Washington, DC: Natl. Acad. Press
98. U.S. Census Bur. 1981. Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1981. Washington, DC: U.S. Dep. Commer. 102nd ed.
99. U.S. Census Bur. 1992. Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1992. Washington, DC: U.S. Dep. Commer. 112th ed.
100. U.S. Census Bur. 2000. The Hispanic Population. Census 2000 Brief. Washington, DC: U.S. Dep. Commer.
101. U.S. Census Bur. 2001. Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2001. Washington, DC: U.S. Dep. Commer.
102. U.S. Census Bur. 2002. Measuring America: The Decennial Censuses From 1790 to 2000 (online version). Washington, DC: U.S. Dep. Commer.
103. U.S. Census Bur. 2004a. Census Bureau predicts tripling of the Hispanic population in 50 years. http://www.census.gov/Press-release/www/ releases/archives/population/001720.html. Accessed Feb. 8, 2007
104. U.S. Census Bur. 2004b. Global population profile: 2002. Int. Popul. Rep. WP/02, U.S. Census Bur., Washington, DC
105. U.S. Dep. Labor. 1965. The Negro Family: The Case for National Action. Washington, DC: U.S. Dep. Labor, Off. Policy Plan. Res.
106. Valenzuela A Dornbush SM. 1994. Familism and social capital in the academic achievement of Mexican origin and Anglo adolescents. Soc. Sci. Q. 7548-36
107. Van Hook J, Glick JE. 2005. Mexican migration to the United States and extended family living arrangements. Work. Pap. 2005-04, Cent. Fam. Demogr. Res., Bowling Green State Univ.
108. Vega WA. 1995. The study of Latino families. In Understanding Latino Families: Scholarship, Policy and Practice, ed. R Zambrana, pp. 3-17. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage
109. Ventura SJ. 1983. Births of Hispanic parentage, 1980. Mon. Vital Stat. Rep. 32(6)(Suppl.):1-19. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/mvsr/supp/ niv32_06sacc.pdf
110. Waters MC, Jiménez TR. 2005. Assessing immigrant assimilation: empirical and theoretical challenges. Annu. Rev. Sociol. 31:105-25
111. Wildsmith E, Raley K. 2006. Race-ethnic differences in nonmarital fertility: a focus on Mexican American women. J. Marriage Fam. 68:491-508
112. Wilson WJ. 1987. The Truly Disadvantaged. Chicago: Univ. Chicago Press
113. Wu LL, Bumpass LL, Musick K. 2001. Historical and life course trajectories of nonmarital childbearing. In Out of Wedlock: Causes and Consequences of Nonmarital Fertility, ed. LL Wu, pp. 3-48. New York: Russell Sage Found.