Regional standardization in the age at marriage

A comparative study of preindustrial Germany and Japan

Bibliographic Data

ID12447396
AuthorsSatoshi Murayama (0000-0003-2577-8807, Kagawa University, corresponding author)
Year2001
Volume6
Issue2
Pages303-324
Publication date2001-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe History of the Family (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1081-602X • E-ISSN: 1873-5398
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1016/s1081-602x(01)00074-4
PMID19180766
OpenAlexW1482938831
LanguageEN
References cited12

Age at marriage is an important issue in family, population, and socioeconomic history as well as in cultural anthropology. In preindustrial Japan, regional differences in inheritance customs determined the regional diversity of marriage patterns. The age at marriage in preindustrial Germany also showed a regional diversity, but compared to Japan, it was standardized within the European marriage pattern. The author contends that there were two different patterns of standardization in marriage behavior in Germany, one being the historical consequence of official institutionalization and the other occurring as a process on a macroeconomic level and resulting in a concentration of age at marriage around a mean age. The distribution of the ages at marriage and its historical change in this context is an important variable for the analysis of marriage behavior

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