Alternative Families in the Jewish Community: Singles, Single Parents, Childless Couples, and Mixed-Marrieds

Publication Date: January 1989

Publisher: American Jewish Committee

Author(s): Steven M. Cohen

Research Area: Culture and religion; Social conditions

Keywords: American Jews

Type: Report

Abstract:

This study analyzes data from seven different major Jewish communities in order to provide some basic information on the family patterns of Jewish young adults (25-39) and their implications for Jewish involvement. The analysis first focuses on rates - that is, the frequency in various sex and age groups - of singlehood, divorce, and intermarriage. It then proceeds to examine how parents' religiosity and education may have affected these rates.