ДИНАМИКА НА ПРОМЕНИТЕ В БРАЧНАТА ВЪЗРАСТ ПРИ БЪЛГАРИТЕ И ГАГАУЗИТЕ В БЕСАРАБИЯ
DYNAMICS OF THE CHANGES IN THE AGE AT MARRIAGE AMONG THE BULGARIANS AND GAGAUZ IN BESSARABIA

Summary/Abstract: The age at marriage is one of the significant factors for the process of marriage and family formation. Moreover, it is a basic and visible indica-tor of the changes occurring in the society and having both social and economic character. The raising or decrease of the age at marriage limit among young people is a result of the impact of such important factors as level of education, occupation, changes in the economic and cultural life, etc. A specific impact on the indicators of the age at marriage is exercised by the traditional legislatyive system. In the present study the dynamics of the age at marriage among the Bulgarian emigrants to Bessarabia is traced back on the basis of the available scientific litera-ture and of the information from some field surveys.

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