Do Alike Think Alike? A Descriptive Study on Attitudinal Homogamy among Swedish Couples
Johan Dahlberg
Ann-Zofie Duvander
10.17045/sthlmuni.6016235.v1
https://su.figshare.com/articles/preprint/Do_Alike_Think_Alike_A_Descriptive_Study_on_Attitudinal_Homogamy_among_Swedish_Couples/6016235
<b>Abstract:</b> This study examines whether attitudinal homogamy is
associated with well-established homogamy in religiosity, ethnicity, education
and age. Attitudinal homogamy is measured among 1095 co-residing Swedish
couples for attitudes towards gender equality, work, values in life and social
conservatism. Calculations were made with variable-centered approach (VCA) and
couple-centered approach (CCA). In addition, linear regression models were used
to determine whether homogamy in religiosity, ethnicity, education and age were
associated with attitudinal homogamy. Couples showed strong similarity in
attitudes on gender equality (r=0.29) and social conservatism (r=0.27),
moderate similarity in attitudes to values in life (r=0.18), and somewhat weak,
yet statistically significant, similarity in attitudes to work (r=0.11). The
probability that these results has occurred by chance is less than one in a
thousand. However, none of the well-established areas of homogamy regarding
religiosity, ethnicity, education and age were statistically associated with
the four areas of attitudinal homogamy. Our main conclusion is that we find
homogamy on various attitudinal dimensions but they are not related to other
type of couple homogamy.
2018-03-22 16:29:05
Couple similarity
Homogamy
Attitudes
Variable-centered approach (VCA)
Couple-centered approach (CCA)
‘Stockholm Reports in Demography’
Sociologiska institutionen
Department of Sociology
SUDA
Stockholm University Demography Unit
Stockholms universitets demografiska avdelning
Demography not elsewhere classified
Sociology