This study provides estimates for the Nye and Berardo model of the effect of age at marriage on socioeconomic attainments. The major findings are that marital timing has neither a total effect on educational and occupational attainments, nor does it mediate the total effects of family socioeconomic statuses. (Author)

An examination of data measuring the propensity to marry indicates that neither educational attainment nor occupational status is useful in accounting for differences in the percent of men who remain single. Controlling age, male marriage rates are closely related to income at the time of the marriage. These findings hold for both white and…