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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands,
2003.
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| 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.