Marriage choices and social reproduction

Martin Dribe and Christer Lundh
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Christer Lundh: Göteborgs Universitet

Demographic Research, 2010, vol. 22, issue 14, 347-382

Abstract: This article studies the relationship between partner selection and socioeconomic status (SES) attainment and mobility in five rural parishes in southern Sweden, 1815-1894. Three different aspects of partner selection are considered: age, social origin, and geographical origin. We use an individual-level database containing information on the SES origin (parental land holding and occupation), age difference, and place of birth of the married couple. The results show a powerful association between partner selection and SES attainment and mobility. Social heterogamy was particularly important, but age heterogamy and geographic exogamy was also clearly related to both SES attainment and mobility.

Keywords: intergenerational social mobility; partner selection; socioeconomic attainment; social homogamy; geographic endogamy; age homogamy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J1 Z0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2010.22.14

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