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Der Altersunterschied zwischen Ehepartnern
[Age gaps between spouses or intimate partners]

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  • Jean-François Mignot

    (GEMASS - Groupe d'Etude des Méthodes de l'Analyse Sociologique de la Sorbonne - UP4 - Université Paris-Sorbonne - FMSH - Fondation Maison des sciences de l'homme - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Abstract

Warum sind die Männer durchschnittlich und praktisch in allen bekannten Gesellschaften älter als ihre Ehefrauen ? Und wie – und warum – variiert der durchschnittliche Altersunterschied zwischen Ehepartnern mit der sozioökonomischen Entwicklung (so wie im Laufe der Zeit als auch zwischen den Gesellschaften) und, innerhalb der Ehepartnern, mit dem Alter der Männer und der Frauen bei Eheschluss, sowie mit der sozialen Stellung der Männer. Zur Beantwortung dieser Frage schlagen wir ein Übersicht der internationalen empirischen Literatur zu diesem Thema vor, sowie ein Erklärungsmodell, das aussagt, welche die « richtigen Gründe » wären, mit denen die Individuen bereit wären, Ehepartner zu werden, mit einem Altersunterschied zugunsten des Ehemanns. Ein empirisches Test dieses Erklärungsmodells, das auf in Frankreich geschlossene Ehen zwischen 1978 und 1998 zurückgreift, scheint auszusagen, daß dieses Modell recht aussagekräftig ist, selbst wenn es als solches nicht die Umkehrung des sozialen Gradienten im Altersunterschied zwischen Ehepartnern in der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts erklärt, da diese Umkehrung wahrscheinlich auf die Verlängerung der Schulzeit der Männer zurückzuführen ist.

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  • Jean-François Mignot, 2010. "Der Altersunterschied zwischen Ehepartnern [Age gaps between spouses or intimate partners]," Post-Print halshs-01326705, HAL.
  • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-01326705
    DOI: 10.3917/rfs.512.0281
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