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The mate selection process in the United States / Bron B. Ingoldsby -- "It's better in the Bahamas" : from relationship initiation to marriage / Raeann R. Hamon -- Mate selection preferences and practices in Ecuador and Latin America / Paul L. Schvaneveldt -- Mate selection in Trinidad and Tobago : a multireligious, multicultural perspective / Winston Seegobin and Kristen M. Tarquin -- Tradition and change in family and marital processes : selecting a marital partner in Ghana / Baffour K. Takyi -- Connecting generations : Kamba and Maasai paths to marriage in Kenya / Stephan M. Wilson, Lucy W. Ngige, and Linda J. Trollinger -- Love, courtship, and marriage from a cross-cultural perspective : the upper middle class Egyptian example / Bahira Sherif-Trask -- Couple formation in Israeli Jewish society / Shulamit N. Ritblatt -- Marriage in Turkey / Nuran Hortasu -- Couple formation practices in Spain / J. Roberto Reyes -- The development of intimate relationships in the Netherlands / Manfred H.M. van Dulmen -- Mate selection in contemporary India : love marriages versus arranged marriages / Nilufer P. Medora -- The transition of courtship, mate selection, and marriage in China / Yan R. Xia and Zhi G. Zhou -- Multiplicity of paths to couple formation in Japan / Colleen I. Murray and Naoko Kimura

Since the 1960's the Japanese marriage system has been showing a continuous shift from the traditional arranged marriage to the love match system. Consequently, much attention has come to be given to an analysis of the heterosexual relationships of young couples prior to their marriage. The answer to a questionnaire circulated among 101 engaged couples, approximately two months prior to their weddings, were the basis of this study. The aim was to analyze the changing pattern of the mate selection process in recent Japan by dividing these couples into two groups: those with an arranged marriage and those marrying by a love match. In the arranged marriage group the couples spent a relatively short period between the initial meeting and the marriage, as short as one-half of the love match counterparts. Across these different marriage practices, it was observed that the mates maintain a relatively longer interaction period after courtship than prior to the announcement of the formal commitment. In addition, Japanese young men and women have a tendency to establish a private understanding of a permanent commitment to the partner at an early stage of their dating practices. The area of the mate selection process in Japan has been somewhat neglected. Much further study is needed for a proper analysis of the subject.

A content analysis of 400 matrimonial advertisements from 4 English language Indian newspapers, indicate that traditional selective techniques are replaced by new ones. The advertisements bespeak of the individualization of selection of partners for marriage. The characteristics of and in advertisements were: (1) Caste works imperfectly in the larger cities. 25% of M indicated caste to be no barrier to marriage, and 15% did not mention caste. 75% of F named their caste and 25% indicated the caste to which they expected their future husbands to belong. (2) Age of advertisers was above the prevailing level. (3) M attached considerable value to education on the part of future wives and F placed less on the educational achievements of husbands. (4) A favorable family status was mentioned by 33% of M and 50% of F, with 17% of M mentioning superior family status as requirement for future wives, and 8% of F doing so. (5) Occupations were mentioned by 75% of M with only 11% of women because Uc women in India are employed. Most M did not name occupational requirements for wives, with F being more specific on this. (6) Own physical traits were described by 20% of M, with 50% of F doing so. Appearance of M in F advertisements played a small role, but among M 50% specified attractiveness as a requirement. It is concluded that individualization of marriage selection and other spheres of life is increasing in urban areas and will spread to rural areas as well, but changes in the social system will come slowly. L. P. Chall.