casadas - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 07:49:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg casadas - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Proportions of Unmarried Women by Age and Date, 1787 https://historylab.es/proportions-of-unmarried-women-by-age-and-date-1787/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=proportions-of-unmarried-women-by-age-and-date-1787 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:48 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/proporciones-de-mujeres-solteras-por-edad-y-fecha-1787/ Proportion of married women in rural and urban settings in 1787

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]]> Nuptiality is a demographic variable of great importance that has often been neglected in favour of the study of mortality or fertility. Its significance as a reproductive institution obtains a relevant meaning where fertility control within marriage is null or moderate. In this sense, it is necessary to specify how marriage is one of the most determining vital acts in the social sphere. In traditional societies, marriage practice was mediated by access to land, inheritance or some other significant form of livelihood. Looking at marital engagement behaviour, it is very similar between rural and urban areas at younger ages; at older ages, urban areas show important differences in the proportion of unmarried women. However, the mean age at marriage in 1787 is substantially the same in rural and urban areas, slightly higher for urban males (25.6 vs. 25.1) and slightly lower for urban females (23.2 vs. 23.8)

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