KTO S KÝM VSTUPUJE DO MANŽELSTVA NA SLOVENSKU? K NIEKTORÝM ASPEKTOM VÝBERU MANŽELSKÉHO PARTNERA V ROKOCH 1992 – 2018

• Authors: Šprocha Branislav , Džambazovič Roman

Title variants

EN

Who is entering into marriage in Slovakia? On some aspects of the choice of spouse in 1992 – 2018

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

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The study identifies main characteristics of persons entering together into marriage in Slovakia in the period 1992 – 2018. We focus on the analysis of age, marital status, education and nationality of the engaged couple. The major question of the paper is whether the transformation of family and reproductive behaviour in Slovakia is reflected in the patterns of assortative mating. The results of the analysis pointed to the fact that the Slovak marriage market and patterns of partner behaviour still show a high degree of homogamy. Most partners entering the marriage have the same nationality, education and a similar age. However, we can identify features that clearly point to changes in the choice of partner and speak of its greater diversity. These are based on both structural (possibilities and opportunities to marry a particular person), social (social barriers between groups) and individual (preferences, values, etc.) factors, which undergo significant changes over the period. The wedding market is also "opening up" and modern patterns of partner behaviour are gradually being added to the traditional patterns of assortative mating.

Keywords

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MARRIAGE MARKET; HOMOGAMY; AGE; MARITAL STATUS; EDUCATION; NATIONALITY; SLOVAKIA

• Publisher: Institute of Sociology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Sociológia (Sociology)
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 52
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 374 – 402

Contributors

author

Šprocha Branislav

• CSPV SAV, Šancova 56, 811 05 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

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Džambazovič Roman

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/sociologia.2020.52.4.16