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Trends in Falsification of Age at Marriage in Ohio
Abstract
Beginning with 1913, a sample of marriage applications in several Ohio counties for every tenth year was compared with the applicant's birth certificates. The findings suggested that the rate of age falsification for both sexes had remained rather constant from decade to decade until 1963, when marked increases for both sexes were 'noted. A ten percent sample of the same counties, for every year from 1954 to 1963, indicated that an increase in falsification of ages by both sexes began in the late 1950's. It is suggested that there may be more teen-age marriages occurring today than national data report.
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- Authors
- Womble, D. L.
- Corresponding author
- Womble, Dale L.
- Venue
- Journal of Marriage and the Family
- Publisher
- JSTOR
- Published
- 1966-02
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 54
- ISSN
- 0022-2445 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2313967234
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- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Marriage and the Family (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Marriage and Family Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Social Sciences › Law › Family and Matrimonial Law
- Keywords
- age at marriage, birth certificates, early marriage, marriage fraud, Ohio, temporal trends
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