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Abstract
The total consanguineous and nonconsanguineous marriages (n = 7,671) celebrated in Puchuncaví, Chile, from 1810 to 19S9 were analyzed and related to demographic and sociocultural variables. Celibacy, widowhood, and illegitimacy were found to influence the mating structure of the population, producing assortative mating or lowering the probability of marriage.