| Abstrakt: |
BASED on initial concerns expressed in this article over lack of information on assortive mating in later life, a theoretical model of structural and attitudinal variables is developed for utilization in the comparative study of endogamy and homogamy. Exploratory data are presented to compare mating parameters between the young and the old and between older men and older women. From this effort, it is concluded that information about young adults' courtship contexts and mate selection cannot necessarily be generalized to courtship and marriage in later life and that additional, more refined, investigation into the latter area would be fruitful conceptually and pragmatically. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
