Marriage postponement with male population in the Republic of Serbia

Abstract

Postponement of the first marriage is most often associated with postponement of births and decline of fertility, and in research, almost as a rule, the focus is put on female population. Postponement of marriage is characteristic for both sexes, and the aim of this paper is to perceive this phenomenon from the "male angle". The focus of the analysis is put on the male population of two age groups, 35 to 49 and 40 to 49 years that never married. The prevalence of the phenomenon of postponement of first marriage among the male population is explored, the rural-urban model is determined and compared with the characteristics of this phenomenon of the opposite sex. The 2011 Census data at the level of NUTS2 regions was analysed. The results show that there is a gender-different rural-urban model of marriage postponement. The shares of unmarried women are higher in urban than in rural areas, while this pattern is reversed in the male population

Odlaganje sklapanja prvog braka najčešće ce dovodi u vezu sa odlaganjem rađanja i padom fertiliteta te ce u istraživanjima, gotovo no pravilu, u fokus stavlja žensko stanovništvo. Odlaganje braka karakteristično je za oba pola, a cilj ovog rada je da problematiku sagleda iz "muškog ugla" U fokusu analize je muško stanovništvo koje nikada nije sklopilo brak posmatrano kroz dva starosna raspona, 35 do 49, i 40 do 49 godina. U radu je izloženo istraživanje rasprostranjenosti fenomena odlaganja sklapanja prvog braka među muškim stanovništvom. Tako ce utvrđuje ruralno-urbani model odlaganja braka te ce poredi sa karakteristikama ove pojave kod suprotnog pola. Korišćeni su podaci Popisa iz 2011. godine na nivou NUTS2 regiona. Rezultati pokazuju da postoji rodno različit ruralno-urbani model odlaganja braka. Udeli neudatih viši su u gradskim nego u ruralnim sredinama, dok je kod muškog stanovništva ovaj patern obratan.