TY - JOUR
T1 - Women’s Marital Surname Change by Bride’s Age and Jurisdiction of Residence
T2 - A Replication
AU - MacEacheron, Melanie
N1 - Funding Information:
I wish to thank Brian Y. Horiuchi, Hawai?i State Department of Health, for the data on residence and age of brides, and proportion from each state/age group making each marital surname choice.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 American Name Society.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Hyphenating or keeping premarital surname for all U.S. destination brides marrying in Hawai’i in 2010 was highly, positively correlated with a state-level women’s income measure (r =.78, p <.000) and the analogous statistic for men (r =.64, p <.000), by bride’s state of residence. The women’s measure, only, remained significant when both predictors were used, together, to predict retention/hyphenation (i.e., under regression of both predictors). The interaction of state Gini coefficient and the women’s income measure was positively predictive in a regression including the interaction components as predictors (adjusted-R2 =.66). None of several other predictors suggested by previous research or related to Gini index or income, testable using available, state-level data, were predictive (under regression) alongside the women’s income measure. The older the bride, from any jurisdiction, the more likely she is to hyphenate or keep her surname (χ2 for linear trend = 1754.65, p <.000). These analyses comprise a nearly direct replication of previous work, adding novel analyses. Taken together, the original and replicated study may show evidence consistent with a general practice of women taking into account local economic factors, in marital surname decision-making.
AB - Hyphenating or keeping premarital surname for all U.S. destination brides marrying in Hawai’i in 2010 was highly, positively correlated with a state-level women’s income measure (r =.78, p <.000) and the analogous statistic for men (r =.64, p <.000), by bride’s state of residence. The women’s measure, only, remained significant when both predictors were used, together, to predict retention/hyphenation (i.e., under regression of both predictors). The interaction of state Gini coefficient and the women’s income measure was positively predictive in a regression including the interaction components as predictors (adjusted-R2 =.66). None of several other predictors suggested by previous research or related to Gini index or income, testable using available, state-level data, were predictive (under regression) alongside the women’s income measure. The older the bride, from any jurisdiction, the more likely she is to hyphenate or keep her surname (χ2 for linear trend = 1754.65, p <.000). These analyses comprise a nearly direct replication of previous work, adding novel analyses. Taken together, the original and replicated study may show evidence consistent with a general practice of women taking into account local economic factors, in marital surname decision-making.
KW - United States
KW - family roles
KW - marriage
KW - socioeconomic status anthroponymy
KW - surnames
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U2 - 10.1080/00277738.2020.1751442
DO - 10.1080/00277738.2020.1751442
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85087129254
SN - 0027-7738
VL - 68
SP - 193
EP - 209
JO - Names
JF - Names
IS - 4
ER -