Arranged Marriages

Associated Documents (2)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Stephens, William N.The family in cross-cultural perspective
Apostolou, MenelaosIndividual Mate Choice in an Arranged Marriage Context: Evidence from the Standard Cross-cultura...

Associated Hypotheses (2)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Stephens, William N."[There is] a decided though imperfect tendency for marriage to be either arranged or by parents' consent when either unilineal kin groups or frequent extended-family households are present" (198)
Apostolou, MenelaosSubsistence type and marriage type will affect the double standard with regard to premarital sex; this relationship will differ between societies where arranged marriages are prevalent and societies where it is not (p.195)."

Associated OCMs

  1. arranging a marriage