Bozon Michel and Héran François. ? Finding a Spouse. II. The Meeting Place in Social Space. The "Formation of Couples" survey which was carried out in 1983-1984 on a sample of 3 000 (people under 45, belonging to couples, married or unmarried) investigated mechanisms at work in the marriage...

Bozon Michel and Héran François. ? Finding a Spouse. I. Changes and Morphology of First Encounters. The "Formation of Couples" survey was carried out in France in 1983-84 It consisted of a sample of 3 000 persons aged 45 years or less living together either in formal marriage or in cohabiting...