The Relationship of Population Density to Residential Propinquity as a Factor in Marriage Selection

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ID4965713
AuthorsJohn S Ellsworth (corresponding author)
Year1948
Volume13
Issue4
Pages444
Publication date1948-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Sociological Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-1224 • E-ISSN: 1939-8271
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2087238
OpenAlexW2317023081
LanguageEN
Citations received8

DATE, studies of residential propinquity as a factor in selecting marriage partners1 have concentrated almost entirely on urban patterns and, while they have produced interesting generalizations, they have overlooked density of population as a relevant factor and have, in one case at least, led to questionable inferences regarding small towns.2 The present study is not intended as a criticism of its predecessors. The nature of their material quite justifiably precluded density as a factor, and they were, of course, not responsible for inferences concerning material outside their scope. The purpose of this article is, first, to consider the pattern of propinquity for a small town3 and, second

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