King S
Hist Soz Forsch. 1998;23(1-2):130-56.
"In the last decade, nuptiality has been placed at the centre of the English demographic regime in the long eighteenth-century. Proto-industrial areas in particular are increasingly seen to have experienced substantial decline in the female age at first marriage during this period, helping to fuel substantial population growth. This article uses family reconstitution and other data to question the uniformity of this experience and to suggest new avenues of interpretation rather than simply observation. For Calverley in West Yorkshire, England, female marriage ages remained stable throughout the proto-industrialisation process. More significantly, the distribution of marriage ages around the mean was much narrower than similar measures elsewhere. The article suggests that kinship, a deep sentimental and practical attachment to land, and an early retirement system lay behind this experience."
在过去十年里，婚姻状况已成为18世纪漫长的英国人口统计制度的核心。特别是原工业化地区，在此期间初婚女性年龄明显下降，推动了人口的大幅增长。本文利用家庭重构和其他数据，对这一经历的一致性提出质疑，并提出新的解释途径，而非仅仅是观察。对于英国西约克郡的卡尔弗利来说，在原工业化进程中，女性结婚年龄保持稳定。更重要的是，平均结婚年龄周围的年龄分布比其他地方的类似指标要窄得多。本文认为，亲属关系、对土地深厚的情感和实际依恋以及提前退休制度是这一现象背后的原因。
