Age at first marriage has risen dramatically since the mid-1960s among a wide spectrum of the U.S. population. Researchers have considered many possible explanations for this trend. Few, though, have asked why individuals should want to delay marriage in the first place. One possibility is that early marriage inhibits the career development of one or both individuals in a marriage. We test this...

Abstract We investigate how changes in the sex ratio induced by World War II affected bargaining patterns of Italian men marriage market. Marriage data from first wave Household Longitudinal Survey (1997) are matched with newly digitized information on war casualties coming National Bureau Statistics. find that post-war marriages were better off terms their spouse's education, this gain amounti...

marriage is a social phenomenon which is influenced by the structures of society. marriage in the context of family and at the same time have been transformed. traditionally, the marriage between close relatives has been very common in iran country. the purpose of this study is to examine differences in intergenerational relationships of marriage and its supportive factors. methods of research ...

the main goal of this study is the effectiveness evaluation of socio-demographic variables on increasing marriage age of working female students in university of tehran. using statistical method and questionnaire technique, 387 married female students have been participated in this study by cluster-sampling method. the explanatory variables of female students increase marriage age are: educatio...

BACKGROUND Marriage histories are a valuable data source for investigating nuptiality. While researchers typically acknowledge the problems associated with their use, it is unknown to what extent these problems occur and how marriage analyses are affected. OBJECTIVE This paper seeks to investigate the quality of marriage histories by measuring levels of misreporting, examining the characteris...

Although economic opportunities for women are thought to influence marriage market outcomes today, they receive little attention in accounts of 19th century American marriage patterns. The principle behind this mechanism is simple: women may choose to substitute away from marriage as alternatives become more attractive. However, providing evidence for this behavior is challenging because choice...

vi Chapter 1: Introduction 1 Background 1 Study objectives 2 Study setting 3 Methods 3 Chapter 2: Early marriage: Preferences and realities 5 Age at marriage: Girls’ preferences 5 Age at marriage: Parents’ preferences 6 Age at marriage: The reality 7 Chapter 3: Factors underlying early marriage 9 Poverty and the burden of marriage-related expenses 9 Concerns about finding a suitable groom 9 ‘Ev...