title: Changing nuptiality patterns in contemporary Spain.
abstract: "This paper describes recent nuptiality trends [in Spain] and explores some socio-demographic factors that influence marital timing. Event history analysis is applied to retrospective marital histories collected in the 1985 Spanish National Survey of Fertility.  Discrete hazard models are used in order to capture the changing dynamics of the nuptiality process throughout the age range.  The results indicate that a trend towards late marriage has evolved in Spain during the last decade, without a concomitant rise in nonmarital cohabitation.  The pattern of marriage postponement is especially pronounced among women residing in urban areas and those better educated."  (SUMMARY IN ITA)
mesh_terms: D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004522:Educational Status; D005060:Europe; D008393:Marriage; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013030:Spain; D013997:Time Factors; D014505:Urban Population
keywords: Consensual Union; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Educational Status--women; Europe; Marriage; Marriage Age; Marriage Patterns; Marriage Postponement; Mediterranean Countries; Nuptiality; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Southern Europe; Spain; Time Factors; Urban Population--women