# THE DEMOGRAPHY OF PUERTO RICAN HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE

> **NIH NIH R29** · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE · 1994 · $82,632

## Abstract

The proposed research will examine the demographic processes underlying the
currently high rate of female family headship among Puerto Ricans.  The
specific behaviors to be studied are entry into marriage, marital
dissolution and out-of-wedlock childbearing.  The research will generate
basic information on how background characteristics and prior life-course
events (such as education, labor force participation and migration) affect
the timing and prevalence of marriage and childbearing transitions which
eventuate in female family headship.  Particular attention will be paid to
the role of migration between Puerto Rico and the U.S. mainland in
contributing to family instability.  Detailed retrospective histories from
two recent surveys of Puerto Rican women residing on the U.S. mainland and
on the island of Puerto Rico will be analyzed with continuous time event
history methods.  The two surveys will be pooled and all analyses will be
conducted separately by birthplace.  The pooling of the two surveys will
allow us to include both migrants and non-migrants in each birthplace group
and to produce results which are uncontaminated by migration selectivity.
Overall, the primary aim of the study is to shed light on the mechanisms
through which the currently high rates of female family headship have
arisen.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 2199735
- **Project number:** 5R29HD025859-06
- **Recipient organization:** PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE
- **SAM.gov UEI:** NPM2J7MSCF61
- **Principal Investigator:** NANCY S LANDALE
- **Activity code:** R29 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 1994
- **Award amount:** $82,632
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1990-08-01 → 1995-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/2199735

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 2199735, THE DEMOGRAPHY OF PUERTO RICAN HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE (5R29HD025859-06). Retrieved via MORVS 2026-10-25 from https://api.morvs.ai/grant/nih/2199735. Licensed CC0.

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