SOC101Y1 Lecture : Assortative Mating
Document Summary
Dating culture: youth control, romance-driven => follow heart rather than head, so outcomes are unpredictable. Homogamy: like marry like: although the importance of ethnicity declined, still marrying within race is much more common, decline of significance of region, social class: measured by class of origin (father"s occupation) -> decline. Increase in education homogamy (often meet spouses in school) By-product hypothesis: overlap between social groups in society (education & occupation are correlated: class homogamy: by-product of education homogamy, education homogamy: by-product of matching of social origin. Intermarriage: more common among ethnic groups who have the same faith.
