For Their Own Reasons
Individual Marriage Decisions and Family Life
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6080171 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David I Levine (0000-0002-7210-5499, Institute of Education Sciences, corresponding author), David Levine (0000-0001-6712-5367, Department of History and Philosophy of Education of The Ontario Institute for Studies of Education) |
| Year | 1982 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 255-264 |
| Publication date | 1982-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Family History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0363-1990 • E-ISSN: 1552-5473 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/036319908200700302 |
| OpenAlex | W1988096495 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 4 |
In an attempt to direct attention away from measures of central tenden cy, this essay focuses on the dispersion of marriage ages derived from the family reconstitution study of Shepshed, Leicestershire, 1600-1851. The evidence shows that there was no connection between "inheritance" and the timing of mar riage-in fact, most marriages took place well before paternal death. Birth-parity seems to have had little impact on male age at marriage, while for women there was a difference of something over one year between the age at marriage of eldest daughters and other-parity daughters. It is shown that the family had little in the way of a "demonstration effect" and that there is almost no correlation between intra- and inter-generational ages at marriage within specific families. In sum, it is considered that individuals decided to marry for their own reasons
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| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 1987 - 2013 (27) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |