perceptions were defining social and societal norms at the time. The community strictly controlled the family through different … “rituals” of interference in its internal affairs. Due to its feature as a fundamental social group, the family has different … level of the society is able to influence the family either directly or indirectly. The study of society shows different …

authority on his family. Yet, the authority originates in the role of representing the family in front of the community, a role … former is absent. Man’s authority is granted by civil and religious law, by family and community and especially by socio …-professional structure of traditional society, by “male” and “female” professions. Male mortality (the man is the one who is exhausted, toils …

gender equality, family planning, low fertility, freedom of spouse choice, older ages at marriage, and the recognition of … family and demographic change, and in bringing cultural clashes within and between societies. Developmental idealism is a … sexual relations and childbearing outside marriage. I also discuss how developmental idealism produces resistance against it …

’s risk of a first conception within different union types (single, cohabitation, marriage) is influenced by education in … Hungary and whether this influence has changed over time. Additionally, I examine the transition to marriage among women who …

This paper attempts to establish the stage Poland has reached in the process of cohabitation diffusion, referring to … in the first stage of cohabitation diffusion; however, our in-depth study of the process of first union formation … challenges this view. We investigated cohabitation from a life-course perspective and analysed the meanings which are attached to …

shows that the pill was a catalyst that increased cohabitation's role in selecting marriage partners, but did little in the … short run to promote cohabitation as a substitute for marriage. …This paper investigates the impact on cohabitation behavior of the introduction and dispersion of the birth control …

agriculture. As a consequence, when speaking about the socio-professional determinism in choosing a marriage partner, we have to … and professional status undoubtedly had an important role in achieving and settling a family despite the reduced number of … was ever growing entailed changes in family relations. There were also mutations in family relations, domestic group and …

available options that conform to their preferences. One market that stands to benefit from this process is that of marriage … of this market: marriage rates. Exploring sharp temporal and geographic variation in the pattern of consumer broadband … marriage markets. I also provide some suggestive evidence that Internet has likely crowded out other traditional meeting venues …

of family limitation strategies in Ireland a century ago. Regression analysis of the data shows evidence of `spacing' in …