Status Homogamy in the Preindustrial Marriage Market

Partner Selection According to Age, Social Origin, and Place of Birth in Nineteenth-century Rural Sweden

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6079969
AutoresM Dribe (0000-0003-2340-4668, Lund University, autor de correspondencia), Christer Lundh (0000-0002-8672-9518, University of Gothenburg)
Año2009
Volumen34
Número4
Páginas387-406
Fecha de publicación2009-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Family History (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0363-1990 • E-ISSN: 1552-5473
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0363199009344708
PMID19999643
OpenAlexW1985864574
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas16
Referencias citadas32

This article studies partner selection according to three dimensions: social origin, age, and place of birth. The authors use micro-level data from local population registers in five parishes in southern Sweden from 1815 to 1895.The results confirm that all three aspects were important but that socioeconomic status was the most important characteristic,structuring much of the selection process.The importance of social and age homogamy remained stable over the period, while geographic exogamy became more frequent, which could be interpreted in terms of an increasing openness of rural society.The authors also find some indications of exchange of characteristics in the partner selection process

Demographic economics · Developed country · Economics · Exogamy · Genealogy · Geography · Historical demography · Openness to experience · Place of birth · Population · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · History · Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges