The British Depression and Nuptiality
1873-1896
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| ID | 4010002 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Dov Friedlander (autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 1992 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Fascículo | 1 |
| Páginas | 19 |
| Data de publicação | 1992-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Não |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | The Journal of Interdisciplinary History (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0022-1953 • E-ISSN: 1530-9169 |
| Editora | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/205480 |
| OpenAlex | W1999169135 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 5 |
Variation in nuptiality levels in England and Wales between the 1870s-1890s are explained by socioeconomic variables: the unemployment rate % indoor pauperism marriage market and migration rates (R2=.64). 50% of the variance in marriage rates is explained by unemployment 12% by indoor pauperism and a much less significant amount for the marriage market. Analysis was based on cross sectional data by 578 districts on sex and marital status for selected age groups population growth and natural increase and occupational-industrial distributions for 1861 and 1971. Time series of national data were obtained on the change in the marriage rates sex ratio levels (marriage market) the change in the rate of unemployment and the change in the proportion of indoor pauperism. Unemployment data were based on trade union skilled workers. The nuptiality pattern using the Coale index Im showed a decline of almost 6%. The crude marriage rate declined by 3%. The proportion of males ever married declined by 3% and females by 4.5% and the proportion of 20-24 years total ever married declined by 25%. Marriage age increased beginning in the 1880s without an increase in marriage. The crude marriage rates between 1801-1960 and Coales nuptiality index for 1851-1960 are described. Increases opportunities for women and migration are ruled out as an explanation for marriage postponement. The changes affected only minority of women in the 1870s and 1880s. Demographic changes in age structure among most districts did change between 1871-1911 but the marriage market became more favorable. The decline in the feasibility of marriage based on sufficient financial resources is a more plausible explanation. The transition from agriculture to other economic activity that had been ongoing was offset by the Great Depression characterizing this period. In an equation which controls for changes per the Dixon model in the marriage market the contribution of the feasibility variables (county level wage estimates the change in ratio of males to females 25-29 years and occupational-industrial classifications) explains only 12.5% of the variance in all socioeconomic types. The missing variable is unemployment. The relationship between emigration and unemployment is also analyzed. It is suggested form the findings that populations alter marriage behavior very rapidly and effectively in response to socioeconomic change. The changes in age at marriage during low nuptiality may be characteristic of European demographic history
Depression (economics) · Economics · Geography · Keynesian economics · Political science · Psychiatry · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · History · Psychology
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