TY  - JOUR
A1  - Dribe, Martin
A1  - Lundh, Christer
T1  - Marriage choices and social reproduction: The interrelationship between partner selection and intergenerational socioeconomic mobility in 19th-century Sweden
Y1  - 2010/03/12
JF  - Demographic Research
JO  - Demographic Research
SN  - 1435-9871
SP  - 347
EP  - 382
DO  - 10.4054/DemRes.2010.22.14
VL  - S10
IS  - 14
UR  - https://www.demographic-research.org/special/10/14/
L1  - https://www.demographic-research.org/special/10/14/s10-14.pdf
L2  - https://www.demographic-research.org/special/10/14/s10-14.pdf
N2  - This article studies the relationship between partner selection and socioeconomic status (SES) attainment and mobility in five rural parishes in southern Sweden, 1815-1894. Three different aspects of partner selection are considered: age, social origin, and geographical origin. We use an individual-level database containing information on the SES origin (parental land holding and occupation), age difference, and place of birth of the married couple. The results show a powerful association between partner selection and SES attainment and mobility. Social heterogamy was particularly important, but age heterogamy and geographic exogamy was also clearly related to both SES attainment and mobility.

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