Some Women Marry Young: Transitions to First Marriage in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas

McLaughlin, Diane K.; Lichter, Daniel T.; Johnston, Gail M.

doi:10.2307/352765

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“…A subsequent study on residential differences in marriage formation by McLaughlin et al (1993) supported the idea that rural women marry earlier than urban women, and research by Snyder et al (2004) revealed that in the US rural women were more likely to marry directly without prior cohabitation. In the American context, suburban women, in turn, seem to exhibit union-formation patterns which are in between those of rural and central-city women.…”

Section: Previous Research On Suburban Fertilitymentioning

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High Suburban Fertility: Evidence from Four Northern European Countries

Kulu¹,

Boyle²,

Andersson³

2009

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While numerous studies have compared urban and rural fertility rates across Europe, virtually no studies have distinguished suburbs as a distinct residential context. This study examines fertility variation across different residential contexts in four Northern European countries: Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. We move beyond the conventional urban-rural focus of most previous studies of within-nation variations in fertility by distinguishing between urban centres and suburbs of cities and towns. We base our study on aggregate and individual-level register data and our analysis shows that fertility levels are significantly higher in suburbs than in urban centres; this pattern has persisted over the past quarter of a century for all four countries. A parity-specific analysis of Swedish register data reveals that total fertility varies between central cities and suburbs due to the relatively high first-and second-birth propensities in the suburbs. Further analysis shows that fertility variation between the central cities and suburbs persists after controlling for women's socio-economic characteristics. We discuss the role of various factors in accounting for high suburban fertility including omitted individual characteristics, contextual factors and selective residential moves of couples planning to have a child, suggesting that more study is required of this underresearched topic.

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Section: Previous Research On Suburban Fertilitymentioning

confidence: 85%

High Suburban Fertility: Evidence from Four Northern European Countries

Kulu¹,

Boyle²,

Andersson³

2009

DemRes

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“…Given declines in male earnings across cohorts, women with economic resources may now be more attractive partners in the marriage market (Oppenheimer, Kalmijn, and Lim 1997). In other words, the "good catch" model that traditionally applied only to men now appears to apply to both genders (see for example Clarkberg 1999;Jalovaara 2012;Lichter et al 1992;McLaughlin, Lichter, and Johnston 1993). With more similar footing in both the marriage and labor market, men and women's debt burdens may equally forestall the decision to marry.…”

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Do student loans delay marriage? Debt repayment and family formation in young adulthood

Bozick¹,

Estacion²

2014

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“…In contrast, there is empirical evidence that, for women, being unemployed does not necessarily delay their entry into union (Blossfeld and Huinik 1991;Liefbroer and Corijn 1999) or may even accelerate their entry into motherhood (Buber 2002;Liefbroer and Corijn 1999). However, in some cases, women's economic independence was found to accelerate their entry into union (McLaughlin et al 1993;Oppenheimer 1994) and into motherhood (Meron and Widmer 2002).…”

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Gender Differences in the Transition to Adulthood in France: Is There Convergence Over the Recent Period?

Winkler-Dworak

Thomas

2007

Eur J Population

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in / 2007Abstract Numerous studies have shown that educational attainment and labour force status have a strong impact on the timing of family formation for both men and women. The effects of educational level, enrolment in an educational setting and employment seem to be different for men and women. The aim of this paper is to investigate how gender-specific differences in family formation changed over time, particularly, whether these differences have vanished in recent years. We use a large-scale survey (more than 240,000 men and women born after 1940) conducted within the French 1999 census and apply event history techniques. The sample size allows us to test our hypotheses with more sophisticated models that cover several interactions. Our data fully support the convergence hypothesis for men and women with regard to the effects caused by educational attainment and the working status (working/not working). However, it is only partly relevant for the effects of their enrolment status on entry into first union and parenthood. The impact of work experience on first union and first parenthood has developed similarly over time for both men and women.

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Some Women Marry Young: Transitions to First Marriage in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas

Cited by 73 publications

References 23 publications

High Suburban Fertility: Evidence from Four Northern European Countries

High Suburban Fertility: Evidence from Four Northern European Countries

Do student loans delay marriage? Debt repayment and family formation in young adulthood

Gender Differences in the Transition to Adulthood in France: Is There Convergence Over the Recent Period?

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