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Intra-professional marriage: Mate choices of medical students in India

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The desire to marry a doctor varied between male and female students at a medical school in India. The females' inclination was significantly stronger than that of males. Also, females were more likely than males to perceive their parents desire to arrange such a marriage for them. The correlation between students' desire to find a marriage match and the students' perception of such a desire in their parents, was higher for females than for males. A follow-up of the selected women students showed that a majority of those who expressed a desire to marry a doctor were in fact so married. Three explanations are advanced for this marriage pattern: (a) Status-congruency, which assumes that the higher status conferred on females by a medical education can best be maintained by marrying within the profession. (b) The second refers to the perceived complementarity between intra-professional marriage and the enactment of professional role (c) The third refers to the socialization of women medical students to prefer this marriage pattern.

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  • Bhargava, Gura, 1983. "Intra-professional marriage: Mate choices of medical students in India," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 17(7), pages 413-417, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:17:y:1983:i:7:p:413-417
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