Is Marriage Delay a Multiphasic Response to Pressures for Fertility Decline? The Case of Sri Lanka.

Caldwell, John; And Others

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Publication Date: 1989

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Is Marriage Delay a Multiphasic Response to Pressures for Fertility Decline? The Case of Sri Lanka.

Caldwell, John; And Others

Journal of Marriage and the Family, v51 n2 p337-51 May 1989

Investigated causes for rise in female age of marriage in Sri Lanka, studying 10,964 persons from 1,974 households. Found that rise in marriage age was not primarily a response to social pressure for fertility decline, but rather a result of urbanization, higher levels of education, unemployment, and consequent decline in parentally arranged early marriages. (TE)

Descriptors: Age, Employed Women, Family Attitudes, Females, Foreign Countries, Marital Status, Marriage, Parent Role, Population Trends, Social Attitudes, Sociocultural Patterns, Urbanization

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Sri Lanka

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