Timing effects on first marriage: Twentieth-century experience in England and Wales and the USA

Population Studies

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 135-146

  Schoen, Robert ^a   Canudas Romo, Vladimir ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Average age at first marriage; Marriage quantum; Marriage timing; Nuptiality; Proportion ever marrying

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MARRIAGE; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 22144466870     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00324720500099124     Document Type: Article

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