Age-discrepant unions in Canada
| dc.contributor.author | Burch, Karli Halling | |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Wu, Zheng | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-12-04T23:45:39Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-12-04T23:45:39Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2000 | |
| dc.degree.department | Department of Sociology | |
| dc.description.abstract | While there appears to be a trend toward age-homogamous unions in both Canada and the United States, research on age-discrepant unions remains important. Unfortunately, over the past 10 years or so, very little research on age-heterogamous unions has been conducted. This thesis is an attempt to address this lack of research. I test five hypotheses based upon the economic and sociological theories of marriage. Recognizing its growing importance in Canadian union life, I also include a consideration of cohabitation. The data for my analysis were drawn from the 1995 General Social Survey, and although I provide some descriptive statistics, my core analysis utilizes logit and multinomial logit modelling techniques. While most Canadian unions can be characterized as age-homogamous, I do find that cohabitors are more likely than their married counterparts to experience an age discrepant union. The risk of age-heterogamy also increases with age, and those born outside of Canada are generally also more likely to enter an age-discrepant union. Finally, age-heterogamous unions are more likely to occur with those born into the "1939 and earlier" cohort. | |
| dc.description.scholarlevel | Graduate | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1828/22950 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.rights | Available to the World Wide Web | |
| dc.title | Age-discrepant unions in Canada | |
| dc.type | Thesis |