Family Composition and Remarriage in Pre-Transitional Italy: A Comparative Study

Marco Breschi, Alessio Fornasin, Matteo Manfredini () and Marianna Zacchigna
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Marco Breschi: University of Sassari
Alessio Fornasin: University of Udine
Matteo Manfredini: University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze
Marianna Zacchigna: University of Udine

European Journal of Population, 2009, vol. 25, issue 3, No 3, 277-296

Abstract: Abstract It is well known that timing and intensity of remarriage were strictly dependent upon demographic, socio-economic, cultural and legislative factors specific to each community. Thus, the aim of this paper is to compare the extent to which such factors may affect the remarriage patterns of three pre-transitional Italian populations that were different in many respects. By using micro-level data of the sharecropping communities of Casalguidi and Madregolo and the Alpine village of Treppo Carnico, we highlighted similarities and differences in the respective remarriage patterns, in particular, the far lower intensity in the mountain community with respect to the sharecropping ones. Our findings show that along with differences in the demographic system, household structure and land tenure, normative elements concerning widows and the dotal system could in part explain the differentials we found.

Keywords: Remarriage; Household Structure; Italy; Remariage; Structure des ménages; Italie (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1007/s10680-008-9172-8

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