Beyond the Visible Pattern: Historical Particularities, Development, and Age at First Marriage in Transylvania, 1850–1914
| Autor: | Elena Crinela Holom, Oana Sorescu-Iudean, Mihaela Hărăguș |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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History
Index (economics) Sociology and Political Science Age at first marriage 05 social sciences Sample (statistics) 06 humanities and the arts 060104 history Geography Time frame Human settlement 0502 economics and business Marriage market 0601 history and archaeology Demographic economics 050207 economics Social Sciences (miscellaneous) |
| Zdroj: | The History of the Family. 23:329-358 |
| ISSN: | 1873-5398 1081-602X |
| DOI: | 10.1080/1081602x.2018.1433702 |
| Popis: | The present study focused on age at first marriage in Transylvania between 1850 and 1914, a time of both social-economic change and resilient historically entrenched particularities. Based on data extracted from the Historical Population Database of Transylvania we constructed an extensive sample from settlements with a broad range of social-economic characteristics, which allowed for a comparative view into the influence of various factors on marriage timing. We examined in this sense both individual-level co-variates, such as denominational affiliation, migration background, and social-occupational status, as well as broader factors, such as the development level attained by certain settlements and the time frame. We found that the area level of development measured according to a heuristic index was in many cases more decisive than individual characteristics in shaping individuals’ constraints and opportunities on the marriage market. More significantly, the analysis showed that the ways in whi... |
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