Occupational Status and Marriage Selection

Hunt, Thomas C.

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“…Various studies conducted in modern societies and based on different theoretical perspectives provide additional details on the possible working of this process (for a fuller review of these, see Perusse 1988). At the behavioral level, social hypergamy (marrying up the social ladder) is found much more frequently in women than in men, where it is virtually unknown (Centers 1949;Elder 1969;Glenn & Taylor 1984;Hollingshead 1950;Hudson & Henze 1966;Hunt 1940;Rubin 1968;Taylor & Glenn 1976). This behavioral dimorphism is even documented in adolescent dating (Larson & Leslie 1968;Reiss 1965;Rogers & Havens 1960;Smith 1952;Waller 1937).…”

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Cultural and reproductive success in industrial societies: Testing the relationship at the proximate and ultimate levels

1993

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In most social species, position in the male social hierarchy and reproductive success are positively correlated; in humans, however, this relationship is less clear, with studies of traditional societies yielding mixed results. In the most economically advanced human populations, the adaptiveness of status vanishes altogether; social status and fertility are uncorrelated. These findings have been interpreted to suggest that evolutionary principles may not be appropriate for the explanation of human behavior, especially in modern environments. The present study tests the adaptiveness of social status with actual mating and reproductive data in a representative sample of males from an industrial society. Reproductive success, even when assessed by a more reliable measure ofactualmale fertility than the one commonly used, fails to correlate with social status. In striking contrast, however, status is found to be highly correlated withpotentialfertility, as estimated from copulation frequency. Status thus accounts for as much as 62% of the variance in thisproximatecomponent of fitness. This pattern is remarkably similar to what is found in many traditional societies and would result in a substantial positive relationship between cultural and reproductive success in industrial populations were it not for the novel conditions imposed by contraception and monogamy. Various underlying mechanisms are suggested for these findings, illustrating the value of current behavioral and reproductive data in the study of adaptation. It is concluded that evolutionary explanations of human behavior remain entirely relevant in modern societies.

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Cultural and reproductive success in industrial societies: Testing the relationship at the proximate and ultimate levels

1993

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“…In contrast, the analysis of Fort (2007) suggests that any effect of increased schooling on the timing of marriage must have been short-lived: exploiting the 1963 reform act in Italy which increased the minimum school leaving age from 11 to 14, Fort finds no causal effect of education on age at first marriage between ages 18-26. Turning to even longer horizons, Breierova and Duflo (2004) make use of a large school construction program in Indonesia between 1973 and 1978, the timing of which 4 For early studies of marital patterns, see Hunt (1940), Burgess and Wallin (1943) and Rockwell (1976) varied across regions. Using data from the 1995 Indonesian Intercensal Survey and focusing on women, the authors find that increased education leads to a higher age at first marriage, but has no impact on the probability of a woman being currently married.…”

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What a difference a term makes: the effect of educational attainment on marital outcomes in the UK

Anderberg

Zhu

2013

J Popul Econ

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In the past, students in England and Wales born within the first five months of the academic year could leave school one term earlier than those born later in the year. Focusing on women, those who were required to stay on an extra term more frequently hold some academic qualification. Using having been required to stay on as an exogenous factor affecting academic attainment, we find that holding a low level academic qualification has no effect on the probability of being currently married for women aged 25 or above, but increases the probability of the husband holding some academic qualification and being economically active.

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“…12 12 Support for this may be found in the research of Burgess and Wallin (19), Centers (25), Hollingshead (50), and Sundal and McCormick (100). Qualifications and specifications have been noted by Hunt (52), Centers (25), Leslie and Richardson (69), Dinitz, Banks and Pasamanick (33), and Coombs (27). …”

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A Developmental Framework for the Analysis of Premarital Dyadic Formation

Lewis

1972

Family Process

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A developmental framework for the analysis of premarital dyadic formation (PDF) is presented by the time‐order interrelating of six pair processes, i.e., the achieving of similarity perception, pair rapport, self‐disclosure, role‐taking, role‐fit, and dyadic crystallization. Empirical linkages between these pair processes are examined as underpinning for a conceptual framework from which developmental hypotheses may be generated and tested for the purpose of establishing construct validity for the PDF Framework.

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Occupational Status and Marriage Selection

Cited by 62 publications

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Cultural and reproductive success in industrial societies: Testing the relationship at the proximate and ultimate levels

Cultural and reproductive success in industrial societies: Testing the relationship at the proximate and ultimate levels

What a difference a term makes: the effect of educational attainment on marital outcomes in the UK

A Developmental Framework for the Analysis of Premarital Dyadic Formation

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