我国结婚时间的分布研究:以北京为案例

A Study of Distribution of Marriage Time in China: The Case of Beijing

本文以北京市为案例，考察结婚时间的分布和变动。分析表明结婚时间的比例分布具有明显的统计规律，人们在结婚时间的月份上有极强的选择性。多年以来，结婚时间选在１月份、５月份和１０月份的比例都很大，而７月份是一年中结婚时间分布的低谷。市、镇、县的结婚分布有一些差别，市和县的分布相差较大，镇基本上处于一种过渡状态。结婚时间的选择与气候和节日有很大关系。从多年变动的趋势看，主要与气候有关，建国以来，节日的作用日渐突出。这些与美国明显的结婚季节模式相比具有不同的特点。

This paper examines changes in time distribution of marriages in Beijing over the last 8 decades. Months in Which marriages occur are highly selective, with January, May and October accounting for a large proportion respectively. The author points to the relations between marriage time selection and climate and festivals. Festivals have been increasingly prominent in distributing marriage time since the founding of the Peoples Republic of China. Chen Gong, born in 1972, is Doctoral Candidate, Institute of Population Research, People's University of China.