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Field-of-Study Homogamy

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2016
This paper reports evidence on the strong tendency of the college educated to match with partners who graduated in the same field of study - a dimension of assortative matching that has been overlooked thus far. We employ Labor Force Survey data covering most EU countries to measure the extent of field-of-study homogamy in prevailing married and ...
Bicakova, Alena, Jurajda, Štepán
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Homogamy within Romantic Relationships

2023
Abstract This chapter considers how partner similarity within romantic relationships, often referred to as homogamy, is influenced by social stratification, and vice versa. The chapter first discusses how one’s social origins and status in life influence the likelihood of partnering with someone who has similar characteristics and ...
Diederik Boertien, Gøsta Esping-Andersen   +1 more
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The “Homogamy” of Road Rage Revisited

Violence and Victims, 2008
The principle of homogamy, the tendency for victims and offenders to share behavioral and demographic characteristics, has been applied to various forms of violent crime. This article explores how this principle relates to types of “road rage” using a survey of 1,208 Australian drivers.
Roberts, Lynne, Indermaur, D.
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Homogamy Outlaws

Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy, 2003
This study explores how black-white interracial couples experience and respond to racism and how they negotiate racial and ethnic difference in their relationships.
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Einkommensungleichheit und Homogamie

IW Trends, 2011
Im Zeitraum 1998 bis 2008 war ein merklicher Anstieg der Einkommensungleichheit in Deutschland zu beobachten. Der Gini-Koeffizient auf Basis des Nettoaquivalenzeinkommens stieg um insgesamt 15 Prozent an, wobei die Ungleichheit nach dem Jahr 2005 nicht weiter zunahm.
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Some Data on Mate-Selection: Homogamy and Perceived Homogamy

Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1967
In this article data from an interview survey among newlyweds and couples who have "published the bans," concerning the mate selection situation, are presented; and aspects concerning homogamy are ...
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Religiosity, Homogamy, and Marital Adjustment

Journal of Family Issues, 2011
This article explores the relationship between religiosity, denominational homogamy, religiosity homogamy, and marital adjustment. Using a statewide sample of spouses in first marriages ( N = 1,394) and remarriages ( N = 601), the authors find that within-group differences in religiosity, denominational homogamy, and religiosity homogamy are not as ...
David G. Schramm, James P. Marshall, Victor W. Harris, Thomas R. Lee   +3 more
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Depressiveness Homogamy

Mechanisms responsible for couples’ homogamy in depressive traits?: Evidence from a representative longitudinal study in ...
Jonason, Peter, Fořt, Jakub, Štěrbová, Zuzana, Havlicek, Jan, Binter, Jakub, Csajbók, Zsófia   +5 more
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Homogamy in Social Characteristics

American Journal of Sociology, 1943
Previous studies of homagamy show that married couples tend more to resemble than to differ from each other in physical and psychological traits. Data secured from one thousand engaged couples living in the Chicago metropolitan area make it possible to present the evidence on homagamy for social characteristics.
Ernest W. Burgess, Paul Wallin
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Propinquity and educational homogamy

Sociological Forum, 1991
Education is one of the most important dimensions in patterns of assortative marriage. It is unclear whether the pronounced and persistent evidence of educational homogamy is an outcome of educational propinquity, that is, individuals' attendance at the same school during the same time, or of individuals' general preferences for spouses with ...
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