[Marriage structure of residents of Kharkhov in relation to genetically significant socio-demographic characteristics].

Positive assortative mating for education and profession has been revealed by means of sample analysis of couples married in two districts of Kharkov in 1960 and 1985. The contingency coefficient measuring the association between education of husband and wife in 1985 was K = 0.27 in one and K = 0.35 in the other district. The degree of assortative mating for profession was K = 0.57 and K = 0.19 in 1960, K = 0.27 and K = 0.31 in 1985, in two districts, respectively.