Marriage is a driving factor behind economic upward mobility for women, according to a U.S. Census Bureau study.
Even when comparing women with the same levels of income and the same socioeconomic background, whether low or high, upward mobility from generation to generation came from marriage.
The study showed major racial disparities in marriage, with white women being 75% more likely to be married than black women of the same socioeconomic background. White women who came from middle-income households were married at a rate of 70%, whereas black women from the same income bracket were only married at a rate of 34%.
"Giving women from less-advantaged race/ethnic groups similar personal incomes as white women did little to improve their chances of upward mobility," the study states."In contrast, pairing women from less-advantaged race/ethnic groups with similar-earning partners as white women improved their chances of moving up."
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