‘You'd Better Wait!’ - Socio-Economic Background and Timing of First Marriage Versus First Cohabitation
‘You'd Better Wait!’ - Socio-Economic Background and Timing of First Marriage Versus First Cohabitation
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“你最好等等！”——社会经济背景以及第一次婚姻与第一次同居的时机
DOI：
10.1093/esr/jcn045
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发表时间：
2008
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Kenneth Aarskaug Wiik
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作者：
Kenneth Aarskaug Wiik
尽管关于初婚时间的社会经济不平等的文献已经很发达，但大多数关于社会经济家庭背景和结合时间之间关系的研究都忽略了未婚同居。本文使用挪威丰富的数据集连接调查数据和行政登记（N = 6,317），研究了父母的教育和经济资源对1970年至2002年间男性和女性进入第一次同居或婚姻的第一次结合时间的影响。离散时间多项逻辑回归模型显示，父母受教育程度较低的人第一次同居的时间更快，而在富裕的童年家庭中长大的人直接进入婚姻的时间更晚。这些发现在强调偏好的代际转移和父母批准孩子第一次结合的能力的理论框架内进行了讨论。此外，社会经济背景的延迟效应可能源于个体的理性搜索行为。
Whereas there is a well-developed literature on socio-economic inequalities in timing of first marriage, most research on the association between socio-economic family background and union timing misses out on unmarried cohabitation. Using a rich Norwegian dataset linking survey data and administrative registers (N = 6,317), this article examines the impact of parents’ education and economic resources on timing of first union among men and women entering their first cohabitation or marriage between 1970 and 2002. Discrete-time multinomial logistic regression models reveal that timing of first cohabitation was more rapid among persons with lower educated parents, while direct entrance into marriage was delayed by growing up in a wealthier childhood home. These findings are discussed within a theoretical framework stressing intergenerational transfer of preferences and parents’ abilities to sanction children's first union formation. Additionally, the delaying effects of socio-economic background could stem from individuals’ rational search behaviour.