Jewish Concepts of Scripture: A Comparative Introduction. Edited by Benjamin D.Sommer. New York: New York University Press, 2012. Pp. ix + 334. $26.00.

Mayfield, Tyler

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“…In India, the exogamy rule meant that men could not marry women from adjacent villages or from the same lineage, leading to increased marital distances and distinct spatial marriage networks (e.g. Mayfield, 1972; Sivaram et al., 1995), while marriages between two people with the same surname or from the same clan were prohibited in China, which led to a substantial reduction in the availability of marriage partners and to marital distances that were quite long. Processes of modernization have been associated with weakening kinship ties, changes in mate selection practices, an increase in the geographical dispersion of social relations, increasing geographical mobility, and, hence, increasing contact opportunities between people of different backgrounds.…”

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Partner choice in Sweden: How distance still matters

Haandrikman

2018

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Spatial homogamy, or the geographical closeness of life partners, has received little attention in recent decades. Theoretically, partners may be found anywhere in the world, as increases in educational participation, affluence, mobility and internet access have reduced the meaning of geographical distance in general. This paper examines whether geography still matters in the current Swedish partner market. Register data are used to track the residential histories (1990-2008) of couples who married or had a child in 1996, 2002 or 2008 (N=292,652). With the couple as the unit of analysis, the distance between partners before co-residence is explained by geographical, socio-economic and demographic indicators. I find that although the distance between partners has increased over time, it is still the case that half of all partners lived within nine kilometers of each other before moving in together. Demographic and socio-economic characteristics explain some of the variation in spatial homogamy, but geographical factors, such as previous place of residence, spatial mobility, degree of urbanization and nearness of parents, are crucial. Even in a globalized society, most people still find their partners very close by.

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Section: Preferences Norms and Opportunitiesmentioning

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Partner choice in Sweden: How distance still matters

Haandrikman

2018

Environ Plan A

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Jewish Concepts of Scripture: A Comparative Introduction. Edited by Benjamin D.Sommer. New York: New York University Press, 2012. Pp. ix + 334. $26.00.

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Partner choice in Sweden: How distance still matters

Partner choice in Sweden: How distance still matters

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