University of Pennsylvania, Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholars Program, 3641 Locust Walk, Room 308, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.
Popul Stud (Camb). 2009 Nov;63(3):277-94. doi: 10.1080/00324720903137224.
What role do cultural norms play in shaping individual behaviour and how does this relationship change with rapid socio-economic development? While modernization and convergence theories predict a weakened relationship between culture and behaviour as individuals rely less on family and community members for economic opportunities, recent research suggests that such norms can persist and continue to influence behaviour. We explored this question for Indonesia, asking whether cultural norms for age at marriage and post-marriage residence-as embodied in local ethnicity-based laws and customs known as 'adat'-relate to actual marriage behaviour. We demonstrate that adat norms are strong predictors of marriage behaviour, both over time and net of large increases in educational attainment. Our results suggest more generally that traditional marriage norms can persist even when a society is in the process of rapid socio-economic development.
文化规范在塑造个体行为方面起着什么作用，这种关系随着快速的社会经济发展如何变化？虽然现代化和趋同理论预测，随着个人在经济机会上较少依赖家庭和社区成员，文化与行为之间的关系会减弱，但最近的研究表明，这种规范可能会持续存在，并继续影响行为。我们以印度尼西亚为例探讨了这个问题，询问婚姻年龄和婚后居住的文化规范——体现在被称为“adat”的基于地方种族的法律和习俗中——是否与实际的婚姻行为有关。我们的研究表明， adat 规范是婚姻行为的强有力预测因素，无论是在时间上还是在教育程度大幅提高的情况下都是如此。我们的研究结果表明，即使在社会处于快速社会经济发展的过程中，传统的婚姻规范也可能持续存在。
