Diane K. McLaughlin, Daniel T. Lichter, Gail M. Johnston, Some Women Marry Young: Transitions to First Marriage in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 55, No. 4 (Nov., 1993), pp. 827-838
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McLaughlin et al. (1993) studied this question.