MARITAL STRUCTURE OF THE KURSK POPULATION

Age characteristics, national composition, migration processes, and th e level of inbreeding among Kursk citizens were analyzed on the basis of a sampling study of marriages registered in Kursk in 1960 and 1989. Assortative marriages in reference to age were r = 0.910 in 1960 and r = 0.904 in 1989. The polychoric relationship index characterizing na tional correlation of married pairs was K = 0.440 in 1960 and K = 0.40 5 in 1989. Positive assortative mating in reference to the birthplace of the married pairs was revealed: K = 0.190 in 1960; K = 0.161 in 198 9. The coefficient of local population relationship (a) was 0.000026 i n 1960 and 0.000011 in 1989.