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Local marriage markets in Great Britain: how diverse?

Local marriage markets in Great Britain: how diverse?
Local marriage markets in Great Britain: how diverse?
Estimates are made of the number of potential marriage partners available for unmarried men and women, by age, in Great Britain in 1991 and how this varies across local districts. The preferences of men and women in relation to partner ages are taken into account in the estimates. Average partner supply declines by age for women and increases with age for men. Marriage markets differ between local areas but the differentiation is not as substantial as in many other aspects of local demography and is a good deal less than the variation that occurs through time. Young women and older men have advantageous marriage markets almost everywhere while young men and older women are at a disadvantage in almost all areas.
0307-4463
27-35
Ní Bhrolcháin, Máire
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Wilson, Tom
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Ní Bhrolcháin, Máire, Wilson, Tom and Sigle-Rushton, Wendy (2002) Local marriage markets in Great Britain: how diverse? Population Trends, 109, Autumn Issue, 27-35.

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Estimates are made of the number of potential marriage partners available for unmarried men and women, by age, in Great Britain in 1991 and how this varies across local districts. The preferences of men and women in relation to partner ages are taken into account in the estimates. Average partner supply declines by age for women and increases with age for men. Marriage markets differ between local areas but the differentiation is not as substantial as in many other aspects of local demography and is a good deal less than the variation that occurs through time. Young women and older men have advantageous marriage markets almost everywhere while young men and older women are at a disadvantage in almost all areas.

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Published date: 2002

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Local EPrints ID: 34332
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/34332
ISSN: 0307-4463
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Date deposited: 16 May 2006
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 07:47

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Author: Máire Ní Bhrolcháin
Author: Tom Wilson
Author: Wendy Sigle-Rushton

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