Age at First Marriage

Abstract

Age at first marriage, and possibly age at first cohabitation, represent perhaps the strongest demographic predictors of both subsequent relationship satisfaction and stability in western developed nations. Although age at marriage is related to cohabitation, educational attainment, premarital births, and other factors, it appears to be the most important. Age at marriage may act as a suppressor variable for any adverse effects of premarital cohabitation or other related issues. Younger age at marriage is generally associated with lower socioeconomic status and lower educational attainment. Age at marriage decreased between 1900 and the 1950s in the United States but has risen since then. Age at marriage also figures into the red/blue state divide in the United States (red states are traditionally Republican; blue states are traditionally Democratic), being earlier in red states and later in blue states.

Determinants of the Age at First Marriage among the University Teachers in Algeria: A mix Methodology Approach

“…Marriage as a sociodemographic phenomenon is among the most significant events in every person's life including university teachers. Demographers and sociologists make more attention to the age at first marriage for aims to analyze the determinants of this variable, (Jones & Gubhaju, 2009;Manning et al, 2014;Schumm et al, 2016) and many others. Age at first marriage is an important indicator for governments to control the population growth because it affects the age at first birth and the fertility rate over the childbearing period of women.…”