title: [Kooy's explanation of the drop in the marriage age in the Netherlands between 1958 and 1968].
abstract: A critique of an article by G. A. Kooy on reasons for the declining age at marriage in the Netherlands is presented.  The author argues first "that a normative change does not in itself constitute the cause of a behavioural change:  both changes ought to be related to a common determinant; second, that patrism and matrism, being two alternative ways of managing an Oedipal tension, do not constitute a social process and hence cannot explain social change."  (summary in ENG)
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001519:Behavior; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D005060:Europe; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D008393:Marriage; D009426:Netherlands; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D012922:Social Change
keywords: Age Factors; Behavior; Critique; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Europe; Marriage; Marriage Age--changes; Marriage Patterns; Netherlands; Nuptiality; Population; Population Characteristics; Social Change; Western Europe
vernacular_title: Kooy's verklaring van de daling van de huwelijksleeftijd in Nederland tussen 1958 en 1968