This review explores research over the past quarter century on couples with age differences. I present recent global trends in age-dissimilar couplings, illustrating a shift away from statistical marriage studies focusing on relationships' motivations, inequalities, and challenges, and largely underpinned by biological, economic, or demographic outlooks. Since the last review of age-dissimilar couples in 1993, there have been substantive qualitative developments. Scholarship looking beyond Euro-American contexts is increasingly common, as are approaches examining class, race, sexuality, culture, religion, and nationality, as well as age, marital status, education, and employment. This transformation informs new perspectives on power and partner choice. I argue that research now needs more fluid definitions of age differences, greater range in qualitative studies' geographies and methodologies, and continued consideration of the life course and intersecting differences. Examinations of age-dissimilar couples should thus focus on these relationships' varied configurations, explored through a range of social analyses.

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年龄不同的夫妻关系：回顾 25 年

这篇综述探讨了过去四分之一世纪对年龄差异夫妇的研究。我介绍了年龄不同耦合的最新全球趋势，说明了统计婚姻研究的转变，重点是关系的动机、不平等和挑战，主要以生物学、经济或人口学观点为基础。自 1993 年对年龄不同的夫妇进行最后一次审查以来，已经有了实质性的定性发展。超越欧美背景的学术研究越来越普遍，研究阶级、种族、性取向、文化、宗教和国籍，以及年龄、婚姻状况、教育和就业的方法也越来越普遍。这种转变为权力和合作伙伴选择提供了新的视角。我认为现在的研究需要对年龄差异进行更灵活的定义，定性研究的地理和方法范围更广，并继续考虑生命历程和交叉差异。因此，对年龄不同的夫妻的检查应该集中在这些关系的不同配置上，通过一系列社会分析来探索。