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Social and family characteristics of marriage in England and Wales: information derived from marriage registration records

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

John C. Haskey
John C. Haskey
Affiliation:
Cabinet Office, Central Statistical Office, Great George Street, London
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Summary

Information on social and family aspects of marriage was obtained from a sample of over a thousand marriages solemnised in England and Wales in 1979. The data include the standard demographic variables concerning the couple and their marriage and also: the day of the week the marriage was celebrated; whether the fathers or relatives of similar surname to the spouses acted as witnesses; the patterns of name usage by brides; the numbers of forenames of the marriage partners and their fathers; and the frequency of bridegrooms having one or more forenames in common with their fathers. The factors are analysed in terms of social class differences as well as in relation to the distance over which marriages range and other demographic characteristics of the partners and their marriage.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , April 1991 , pp. 179 - 200
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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