While several studies examine the e¤ect of marriage market conditions on post-marital labor supply, few account for the e¤ect that these conditions may have on pre-marital investment decisions and mate selection. This paper investigates theoretically and empirically how changes in marriage market conditions a¤ect pre-marital investments. I …rst show how a change in the sex ratio –that is, the r...

The themes and criteria related to the age of marriage for women hijab in 2030 document are conflict with jurisprudential legal standards Iran.

We study a discrete time, structured population dynamic model that is motivated by recent field observations concerning certain life history strategies of colonial-nesting gulls, specifically the glaucous-winged gull (Larus glaucescens). The model focuses on mechanisms hypothesized to play key roles in a population's response to degraded environment resources, namely, increased cannibalism and ...

Purpose: the transformation of marriage patterns and family formation by following transition from traditional society to a modern society causes changes in goals, function of family formation. The aim of this study was comparative investigation of the attitudes of single and married individuals about marriage function. Materials and method: the study performed by qualitative method. The statis...

Crying Marriage is a special ritual of the Tujia family in west Hunan province, China. The reason why appeared so that women lost their rights to marriage. emperors Ming and Qing dynasty abolished local governments dispatched officials from capital govern people. Then, people different areas China started adapt traditions Han culture (the mainstream China). In this case, since advocated arrange...

Associations among prenatal expectations, the extent to which expectations were confirmed or disconfirmed, and trajectories of marital satisfaction over the transition to parenthood were assessed 7-11 times in a sample of newlywed couples. Piecewise growth curve analyses were conducted to examine levels of marital satisfaction at the beginning of marriage and rates of change over 2 periods: fro...

The main objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between family values and marital tendency among female high school students in Qaemshahr city. To answer the main research question, five hypotheses with independent variables (rituals and traditions, spouse selection criteria, decision making system, intergenerational gap and also accountability) together with dependent varia...

Previous research has shown that individuals from high-status families enter marriage later than those low-status families. However, in many Western societies, it become common to cohabit prior marriage. Does this change the link between parent