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A study of marriage and mobility in Reading, England

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

D. A. Coleman
D. A. Coleman
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University College London
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Summary

Survey of recently married couples was carried out in Reading, Berkshire, UK in 1974. Its purpose was to provide information about the geographical and social origins of marriage partners, and to show how the town's social and geopraphical features might influence marital choice.

A list marriage certificate was preferred to the electoral register as a sample frame. Despite a lower than usual response rate the method was judged successful. Basic data on the geographical distribution of the husband and wife are given here, together with the fitting of the aggregate frequency distribution of distances to the log-normal distribution and their summary description in terms of the geometric means.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 11 , Issue 4 , October 1979 , pp. 369 - 389
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Copyright © 1979, Cambridge University Press

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