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标题：Cohabiting Partners Socioeconomic Characteristics and the Transition to Marriage in Finland
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作者：Elina Mäenpää
期刊名称：Finnish Yearbook of Population Research
印刷版ISSN：1796-6191
出版年度：2009
卷号：44
页码：63-78
出版社：Väestöliitto
摘要：This study analyzes how the socioeconomic positions of cohabiting partners affect the transition to marriage by using information on both partners characteristics. The study uses a register-based data set compiled at Statistics Finland. The study population consists of 3,648 women born in 1966-1971 who were in a cohabiting union in January 1996, and who continued to cohabit or married their cohabiting partner during the period 1996-2003. Transition to marriage was analyzed with Cox regression model. Several control variables were included. As in previous studies, a favourable socioeconomic position encouraged marriage, as marriage rate increased with higher levels of education and income. Partners relative positions also had importance, since marriage rate was low when the female partner had high and the male partner low income, and the male partners unemployment discouraged marriage especially when the female partner had no unemployment. Marriage rate was low when both partners were studying
关键词：cohabiting unions; marriage; socioeconomic position; register data; Finland