Socioeconomic Standing and Variability in Marriage Timing in the Twentieth Century
Socioeconomic Standing and Variability in Marriage Timing in the Twentieth Century
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DOI：
10.1177/0002716215596975
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发表时间：
2016-01-01
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
Sweeney, Megan M.
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作者：
Sweeney, Megan M.
这项研究利用了综合社会调查（GSS）和全国家庭成长调查（NSFG）的大量数据，以揭示家庭生活的变化和可变性。我提出两个首要问题。首先，在整个世纪，结婚时间的可变性是如何变化的？第二，结婚时间的变化是否广泛地发生在社会经济群体中，或者它们仅限于社会经济阶梯的顶部或底部？因为确定一致的措施，社会经济地位在广泛的历史时期是不简单的，因为自己的社会经济地位可能在一定程度上流从婚姻的决定，我三角测量结果使用多种措施的社会地位。虽然初婚年龄变化的幅度和时间在不同的社会阶层之间有所不同，但我的研究结果表明，各阶层之间的潜在趋势大致相似。婚姻模式中的社会阶层差异是有据可查的，但对20世纪世纪婚姻时间变化的解释还需要考虑可能在某种程度上影响所有社会阶层群体的因素。
This research draws on extensive data from the General Social Survey (GSS) and the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) to shed new light on change and variability in family life. I address two overarching questions. First, how did variability in marriage timing change over the course of the twentieth century? Second, did changes in the variability of marriage timing occur broadly across socioeconomic groups, or have they been limited to the top or bottom of the socioeconomic ladder? Because identifying consistent measures of socioeconomic standing over broad historical periods is not straightforward, and because one's own socioeconomic standing may be in part flow from marriage decisions, I triangulate results using multiple measures of social standing. Although the magnitude and timing of changes in age of first marriage vary somewhat across social class, my results point to generally similar underlying trends across class groups. Social class variation in marriage patterns is well documented, yet explanations for the changing variability in marriage timing over the course of the twentieth century also needs to consider factors that could have affected all social class groups to some extent.