RT Journal Article
T1 The rise of age homogamy in 19th century western Europe
A1 Van de Putte, Bart
A1 Van Poppel, Frans
A1 Vanassche, Sofie
A1 Jidkova, Svetlana
A1 Eeckhaut, Mieke
A1 Oris, Michel
A1 Matthijs, Koen
A1 Sánchez Domínguez, María Isabel
AB In many parts of Western Europe the age at first marriage and the level of celibacy declined in the second half of the 19th century. This weakening of the European marriage pattern (EMP) can be interpreted as a ‘‘classic’’ response to the increase of the standard of living, but a more far-reaching interpretation is that the erosion of the EMP was part of a cultural shift characterized by the rise of a new, less instrumental and more egalitarian view on marriage and partner selection. The latter vision implies the increase of the preference for a same age marriage. We test this explanation by using a combined Belgian-Dutch data set of marriage certificates (N = 766,412). Our findings corroborate the ‘‘cultural shift thesis.
PB Wiley / National Council on Family Relations
SN 0022-2445
YR 2009
FD 2009-12-01
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/116939
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/116939
LA eng
NO Van De Putte, B., Van Poppel, F., Vanassche, S., Sanchez, M., Jidkova, S., Eeckhaut, M., Oris, M., & Matthijs, K. (2009). The rise of age homogamy in 19th century western europe. Journal of Marriage and Family, 71(5), 1234-1253. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00666.x
DS Docta Complutense
RD 21 abr 2025