The Timing and Prevalence of Women's Marriage in the French Department of the Loire, 1851–1891

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ID6079953
AutoresJames R Lehning (James R. Lehning received his PhD. in 1977 from Northwestern University. He is currently an Associate Professor of History at the University of Utah. His current research concerns popular responses to educational reforms in nineteenth-century France., autor correspondente)
Ano1988
Volume13
Fascículo3
Páginas307-327
Data de publicação1988-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Family History (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0363-1990 • E-ISSN: 1552-5473
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/036319908801300303
OpenAlexW3144487361
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas47

This article examines the determinants of the timing and prevalence of female marriage in a sample of 33 rural villages in the French department of the Loire in the second half of the nineteenth century when the area was beginning to experience a demographic transition. Data from 1851 and 1891 are used in the analysis. The conclusions reached are that both timing and prevalence tended to be determined by similar factors Marriage chances were structured by demographic factors, with mortality in 1851 and the sex ratio in 1891 being significant determinants. Socioeconomic factors exerted a relatively weak influence, and especially striking is the absence of any significant effect of rural industry on either the timing or the prevalence of marriage Cultural factors, by contrast, were very significant: isolation, in 1851, and linguistic particularism, political conservatism, and female literacy in 1891 all supported traditional patterns of restricted marriage The unusual direction of the influence of literacy is attributed to the overwhelming role of the Catholic Church in providing education for women in the rural parts of the department

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