Who Marries Whom? : Educational Systems as Marriage Markets in Modern Societies /

The book is theoretically driven and combines demographic and sociological approaches with rational choice theory to explain assortative mating. Using life-history data from a broad range of industrialized countries and longitudinal statistical models, the book analyzes the process of spouse selecti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Blossfeld, Hans-Peter
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Timm, Andreas
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2003.
Series:European studies of population ; 12.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • About the Editors
  • About the Contributors
  • 1. Educational Systems as Marriage Markets in Modern Societies: A Conceptual Framework
  • 2. Who Marries Whom in West Germany?- 3. Who Marries Whom in Flemish Belgium?-. 4. Who Marries Whom in France?- 5. The When and Whom of First Marriage in The Netherlands
  • 6. Who Marries Whom in Italy?- 7. Who Marries Whom in Spain?-. 8. Who Marries Whom in Great Britain?- 9. Who Marries Whom in the United States?- 10. Who Moves Together with Whom in Denmark?- 11. Who Marries Whom in Sweden?- 12. Who Marries Whom in Hungary?- 13. Who Marries Whom in Slovenia?-14. Two Decades of Educational Intermarriage in Israel
  • 15. Assortative Mating in Cross-National Comparison: A Summary of Results and Conclusions.