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Écarts d'âge entre conjoints en Algérie. Évolution depuis 1966 et disparités régionales

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  • Zahia Ouadah-Bedidi

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  • Jacques Vallin

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The improvement in the positionof women and the evolution of spousal relationsare considered to be principal factors in thefertility transition. The age differentialbetween spouses is an important indicator ofthese. In Algeria, within 30 years, thespectacular increase in the mean ages at firstmarriage of women (from 18 to 28 years) and ofmen (from 24 to 31 years) has been coupled witha strong reduction in the average spousal agedifferential which has shifted from 5.6 yearsin 1966 to 3.7 years in 1998. The analysis of the dynamics of this agedifferential at the national level over aperiod of half a century (1948–1998) and ananalysis of its current regional variationsilluminate the very strong links of this trendwith the socio-economic and cultural context(education and activity of women, but alsohousing conditions, the role of agriculture,etc.). However, periodical socio-economicdifficulties (unemployment, poverty, housingshortage) weaken these long-term effects on thespousal age differential, since they force manymen to involuntarily postpone their marriage,thus slowing down the reduction in spousal agedifferentials.

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  • Zahia Ouadah-Bedidi & Jacques Vallin, 2003. "Écarts d'âge entre conjoints en Algérie. Évolution depuis 1966 et disparités régionales," European Journal of Population, Springer;European Association for Population Studies, vol. 19(3), pages 279-302, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:eurpop:v:19:y:2003:i:3:d:10.1023_a:1024947222422
    DOI: 10.1023/A:1024947222422
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