Branislav Šprocha, Centre of Social and Psychological Sciences of the Slovak Academy of Science, INFOSTAT – Demographic Research Centre, Slovak Republic

Type of article: scientific article
Pages: 23 – 43

Abstract

Several external factors can affect the process of entering into marriage. From the perspective of population structures, the intensity and timing of marriage are most often analysed in connection with the age and gender of the engaged couple. No less important factors that can influence when and with what intensity people enter into marriage include education, economic status, ethnicity, religious belief, or the location and quality of housing conditions. However, such detailed differential analyses are less frequent, and Slovakia is no exception. The unique possibility of linking records of people entering into marriage in 2021 with the results of the 2021 Population and Housing Census created a unique database for a specific differential analysis. Therefore, the paper aims to answer whether education, mother tongue, religious belief, current economic status, and selected housing conditions influence the intensity and timing of the marriage process in Slovakia.