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Published on: February 25, 2011
[Celibacy as a personal and social problem (results from a sociological study)]
Abstract:
The author examines trends in celibacy in Bulgaria using data from a sample study of 1,015 never-married individuals aged 25-60, which was carried out in Vidin district in 1987. "The author analyses the causes for celibacy as defined by the people themselves, their attitude to the value of marriage and to such phenomena as extra-marital cohabitation and [unmarried] mothers, their attitudes to marriage, the reaction of the family environment to celibacy, [and] the need for some help from society in finding an appropraite mate." (SUMMARY IN ENG AND RUS)
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