Thursday, April 15 / 3:30 PM - 5:20 PM   •   Cumberland C

Session 66:
Marriage Formation in Historical and Comparative Perspective

Chair: Caren Arbeit, University of Minnesota
Discussant: Berna M. Torr, California State University, Fullerton

  1. The Decline in Marriage: An Age-Period-Cohort Analysis, Israel 1961-1994 • Jona Schellekens, Hebrew University of Jerusalem ; Moshe Ophir, Bar-Ilan University ; David Gliksberg, Hebrew University

  2. Trends of Marital Age Homogamy in China, 1960-2005: A Marriage Cohort Perspective • Zheng Mu, University of Michigan ; Yu Xie, University of Michigan

  3. Educational Differentials in Rates and Probabilities of First Marriage for Taiwanese Women Born in 1879-1991 • Yi-chuan Chang, National Taiwan University

  4. The Marital Behavior of Single Mothers in Comparative Perspective • Christina M. Gibson-Davis, Duke University

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