Only in the oldest age groups 45-499 years in women, 50-54 years in men) is there more than a 10% difference, thereby supporting our contention that the data demonstrate consistency in the way that marital data is operationalised in ACDIS, and that there is no evidence of substantive social desirability bias in reports of marriage in this population.
Five years ago, Dr. Ober reported from a study of marriages in a Hutterite community that there were fewer close M.H.C. gene matches than would be expected by chance.
The comparison highlights how reporting of marriage and partnership can vary markedly depending on the wording of the question, the instructions given to interviewers, and the interpretation of respondents.
Horrific reports of mass marriages involving insurgents are slowly leaking into the press, only adding to the misery of families frustrated with the apparent inaction of the government.
He also made reference to reports of plural marriages among Muslims in Canada before concluding, "There is no evidence that it is a widespread or mainstream phenomenon".
Each issue is packed full of interesting information - as well as reports of births, marriages and deaths, and the hiring and retiring of employees, the journal follows the social activity of staff working at the newspapers.
However – and possibly as a response to the nation's exacting cultural mores – reports of unusual marriages such as Noah's have surged in the past few months, from small villages in Aceh to the capital city of Jakarta.
Table 2, nevertheless, reports the number of marriages celebrated on each Friday the 17th in the 3-year period 2007 2009 in comparison to the number of marriages celebrated on the other Fridays of the same month and with the average daily number of marriages celebrated in the corresponding month.
HONG KONG — Cities across China reported record numbers of marriages Wednesday as tens of thousands of couples decided that 9/9/09 would be an auspicious date for their nuptials.
In particular, in Fig. 3, we report the percentage of marriages celebrated with the religious rite in each Italian province in the period 2007 2009.
