Nuptiality and Age At Marriage in Nineteenth-Century England

This paper presents a reworking and extension of Anderson's (1976) analysis of Victorian marriage patterns. It utilises registration district data for England and Wales in 1861 and 1891 together with information on individuals drawn from the census enumerators' books for six case study dis...

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Published in:Journal of family history 1985-06, Vol.10 (2), p.119-144
Main Authors: Woods, R.I., Hinde, P.R.A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
19th century
Case studies
Censuses
Demography
Environmental aspects
Females
Fertility
Gender roles
Great Britain
History of medicine
History, Modern 1601
Marriage
Marriage Patterns
Multivariate analysis
Nineteenth Century
Nuptiality
Statistics as Topic - history
United Kingdom
Women
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Summary:This paper presents a reworking and extension of Anderson's (1976) analysis of Victorian marriage patterns. It utilises registration district data for England and Wales in 1861 and 1891 together with information on individuals drawn from the census enumerators' books for six case study districts, 1851-1881. The main focus of the analysis is on the role of occupational charac teristics, especially those of women, and the ways such characteristics condition the resultant level of nuptiality via age at first marriage and the proportion ever married. The need to supplement ecological multivariate analysis by the use of a 'collective biography' approach is emphasized and illustrated.
ISSN:0363-1990
1552-5473
DOI:10.1177/036319908501000201