Changes in marriage seasonality among some european rural populations

Lucchetti, Enzo; Manfredini, Matteo; Boëtsch, Gilles; Bley, Daniel; Aluja, María Pilar; Peña, José A.; D, Revello; Melleri, R.; Sevin, A.

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“…Prioux, who analysed data for the whole Italy from 1960 to 1979, explained the changes in birth seasonality as functions of the relationship between timing of marriage and birth order in periods of declining fertility. This is consistent with other scholars, who have explained birth seasonality evolution over time in terms of social and cultural transformations involving, again, change in the timing of marriage (Lucchetti et al 1996), changes in the social and economic structure (Bobak and Gjonka 2001;Warren and Tyler 1979), and modifications of the labour market (Doblhammer et al 2000).…”

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Birth Seasonality in Present-Day Italy, 1993–2005

Manfredini

2009

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Birth Seasonality in Present-Day Italy, 1993–2005

Manfredini

2009

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“…The change in cultural values and the secularisation of religious beliefs are considered pre-requisites of the Second Demographic Transition (SDT), by making new types of behaviour acceptable in a society (Lesthaeghe and Surkyin 1998;Surkyin and Lesthaeghe 2004). Focusing on marriage seasonality, the proportion of marriages celebrated in March has been interpreted as an indicator of the strength of religious control over the faithful, and then as a possible predictor of the SDT (see, for instance, Lesthaeghe and Lopez-Gay 2013;Luchetti et al 1996;etc.). We proposed, and implemented using Italian data, an alternative indicator for capturing respect for religious prescriptions.…”

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“…Finally, Luchetti et al (1996) compare marriage seasonality in nine communities in Italy, Spain, and France (three communities per country) between 1800 and 1960, and find that only in one French community was the Lent prohibition not respected, probably because in this community the summer migration of farmhands for working purposes forced them to get married in a preceding period.…”

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For the times they are a changin'

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Breschi²

2015

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BACKGROUNDIt is well known that the Catholic Church's prohibition of celebrating weddings during Lent operated as a significant deterrent in this period. We analysed the effect of the Lent restriction on marriage seasonality in the period from the unification of the Italian Kingdom to the present. This period is characterized by a deep modernization of the Italian economy, which has upset marriage seasonality. OBJECTIVEThis paper aims to answer the following question: has the process of 'modernization' led to the disappearance of the inhibitory effect of Lent on the celebration of weddings? METHODSWe disentangled the effect of economic transformation on marriage seasonality from that attributable to Lent prescriptions by de-trending the time series of seasonal indicators. Subsequently, we analyse the respect for Lent by exploiting the year-to-year variability in the Lenten days of April. In particular, we analyse the strength of the relation between the latter and fluctuations in the de-trended indicator of seasonality in various sub-periods. RESULTSIn all Italian regions, religious prescriptions were strongly respected in the aftermath of unification. Southern regions were less compliant than northern ones. We show that even if the effect of Lent on marriage seasonality is less strong than 100 years ago, it is still able to produce discouraging effects on marriage.1 Department of Economics and Business, University of Sassari, Italy. E-Mail: gruiu@uniss.it. 2 Department of Economics and Business, University of Sassari, Italy. E-Mail: breschi@uniss.it. Ruiu and Breschi:The respect of religious precepts in Italy, 1862Italy, -2012 http://www.demographic-research.org CONCLUSIONSIn economic literature religious beliefs are increasingly accepted as determinants of economic development. We propose a simple methodology for constructing an indicator of religiosity that may be a useful tool for this emerging line of research in economic development. We also furnish an implementation of our methodology using Italian data.

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“…Also, Lucchetti et al (1996) compare marriage seasonality among nine communities at the crossroads between France, Spain and Italy, from 1800 to 1980: they took three communities in each country. They found that religious norms regarding Lent were respected in all nine communities, but that May credence was found only in the French communities and in one out of three Italian communities.…”

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Superstitions, religiosity and secularization: an analysis of the periodic oscillations of weddings in Italy

Breschi

Ruiu

2016

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Using exhaustive data on all of the marriages celebrated in Italy 2007-2009, we investigated the influence of superstition and religious beliefs on the choice of wedding dates. We compared our results with those relative to postwar Italy, gathered together by Nora Federici. Surprisingly, we found that superstition has a constant effect in all areas of the country. At the same time, there were different levels of religious secularization. We also found that education was not a negative factor for religiosity.

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Changes in marriage seasonality among some european rural populations

Cited by 15 publications

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Birth Seasonality in Present-Day Italy, 1993–2005

Birth Seasonality in Present-Day Italy, 1993–2005

For the times they are a changin'

Superstitions, religiosity and secularization: an analysis of the periodic oscillations of weddings in Italy

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