Preferred Parental Control of Mate Choice, Opposition to Out-Group Mating, and Ethnic Identification in Surinam

Buunk, Abraham P.; Leckie, Glenn; Pollack, Dahira

doi:10.1177/1069397119861954

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“…A previous analysis in this sample had shown that there are differences income level and educational level between the ethnic groups (Buunk et al, 2020). Income and educational level are highest among the Mixed, with minor differences between the other ethnic groups.…”

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confidence: 54%

“…The present findings are also in line with other findings from the same sample that only among the Hindustani the majority was legally married, whereas this was only the case for less than 10% of the Maroons, with the figures for the Javanese and Mixed between these extremes. Among Maroons living together without being married was very common, but also among the Creoles, Javanese, and Mixed about a third or more were living together (Buunk et al, 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Ethnic Culture as Related to Sexual and Reproductive Behavior in the Republic of Suriname: The Pervasiveness of Culture

2021

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We examined the effects of culture and ethnicity on life history strategies in terms of sexual and reproductive behaviors. The sample included 500 adults, aged 25–50 years, from the five major ethnic groups in Suriname, i.e., the Maroons, Creoles, Hindustani, Javanese, and Mixed. First, there were strong gender differences: men reported to have had more sex partners and to have had their first sexual experience earlier than women, whereas women had their first child earlier and had more children than men. Second, in general, ethnicity affected life history substantially. The Maroons stood out by a relatively fast life history: they reported to have had more sexual partners, to have had their first sex and first child at an earlier age, and to have more children than all other groups. The Creoles were in general similar to the Maroons, whereas the Hindustani and the Javanese were characterized by a relatively slow life history: they reported to have had the lowest number of sexual partners, to have had their first sex and first child at the latest age, and to have had the lowest number of children. The differences between the ethnic groups were upheld when controlling for income, educational level, and father absence during childhood. A lower education was associated with reporting to have had one’s first sex as well as one’s first child at a younger age and children who grew up without a father reported to have had their first sex at a younger age.

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Ethnic Culture as Related to Sexual and Reproductive Behavior in the Republic of Suriname: The Pervasiveness of Culture

2021

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“…Among the Hindustani (70%) and the Javanese (61%), a substantial majority grew up in a family in which the father was present, whereas this occurred only for minorities of around 40% of the Creoles and Maroons. Finally, income and educational level were highest among the Mixed, with minor differences between the other ethnic groups (Buunk, Leckie & Pollack, 2019).…”

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Ethnic differences in jealousy in Surinam

Buunk

Dijkstra

Leckie³

et al. 2019

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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The present study examined differences in three types of jealousy (reactive, anxious, and preventive jealousy) between the major ethnic groups in Surinam (Maroons, Creoles, Hindustani, Javanese, and Mixed). About 100 participants from each ethnic group (total n = 500) were interviewed. Results showed differences between the groups in anxious and preventive jealousy, but not in reactive jealousy. More specifically, Maroons reported most anxious and preventive jealousy, followed by Creoles, and Javanese. The Hindustani and Mixed groups reported the lowest levels of anxious and preventive jealousy. These results did not alter after controlling for demographic variables. In addition, differences in jealousy could not be explained by differences between the groups in intrasexual competitiveness and attitudes toward multiple sexual relationships. Findings suggest that whereas preventive jealousy and anxious jealousy are sensitive to cultural influences, reactive jealousy is not. Future studies may further explore the variables that may explain differences in jealousy between ethnic groups in Surinam.

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“…The present data came from a sample that consisted of 500 participants, aged 25 to 50 years, M = 36.56, SD = 7.79. Previous papers using data from this sample have focused on parental control over mate choice (Buunk, Leckie, & Pollack, 2020) and jealousy (Buunk, Dijkstra et al, 2020). There were about equal numbers of randomly selected participants in each ethnic group, that is, 102 Creoles (20.4%), 95 Hindustani (19.0%), 98 Javanese (19.6%), 102 Maroons (20.4%), and 103 people of mixed descent (20.6%).…”

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Father absence as related to life history strategy in Suriname among adults.

Buunk¹,

Figueredo²,

Leckie³

2021

Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences

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In the present research. we examined in a sample of 500 adults, aged 25 to 50 years, from the five major ethnic groups in Suriname, the association between father absence during childhood and the development of either a fast or slow life history strategy as measured with the 20-item Mini-K. The results showed that even when controlling for educational level, income level, and civil status, father absence was strongly related to life history strategy, with those with a father who left before the age of 13 reporting a faster life history than those whose father left later, or had been present during all childhood. Although the ethnic groups differed considerably in the prevalence of father absence, the association between father absence and life history strategy did not differ between the ethnic groups. Neither was there an association between gender and life history strategy.

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Preferred Parental Control of Mate Choice, Opposition to Out-Group Mating, and Ethnic Identification in Surinam

Cited by 5 publications

References 37 publications

Ethnic Culture as Related to Sexual and Reproductive Behavior in the Republic of Suriname: The Pervasiveness of Culture

Ethnic Culture as Related to Sexual and Reproductive Behavior in the Republic of Suriname: The Pervasiveness of Culture

Ethnic differences in jealousy in Surinam

Father absence as related to life history strategy in Suriname among adults.

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