Age at first marriage in Nepal: Differentials and determinants
Age at first marriage in Nepal: Differentials and determinants
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DOI：
10.1017/s0021932006001775
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发表时间：
2007-09-01
影响因子：
1.5
通讯作者：
Aryal, Tika Ram
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作者：
Aryal, Tika Ram
本文的目的是调查尼泊尔农村女性初婚年龄的差异和决定因素。采用寿命表技术计算结婚年龄中位数。比例风险模型被用来研究各种社会经济变量的影响，并确定其对初婚时间的影响的程度和意义。这些数据来自尼泊尔农村帕尔帕和鲁潘德希地区的抽样调查。调查对象包括适婚年龄的已婚和未婚女性。仅从已婚女性的数据来看，结婚年龄中位数约为17岁，而从已婚和未婚适婚年龄女性的数据来看，结婚年龄中位数约为18岁。未受过教育的女性的结婚中位年龄约为16岁，受过中等或以上教育的女性为19岁。该分析低估了已婚女性的结婚年龄中位数，可能是由于右删失。随着出生年份的增加，早婚的风险逐渐降低。与社会经济地位低的女性相比，社会经济地位高的女性早婚的风险更高。从事服务业的妇女比从事家务劳动的妇女结婚早。社会经济地位高的家庭出于宗教和声望的原因，促使女儿在很小的时候结婚，最好是在初潮之前。因此，在尼泊尔，教育、职业和初潮年龄是决定初婚时间的最有力因素。
The aim of this paper is to investigate the differentials and determinants of female age at first marriage in rural Nepal. The life table technique was employed to calculate median age at marriage. The proportional hazard model was used to study the effect of various socioeconomic variables, and to identify the magnitude and significance of their effects on the timing of first marriage. The data were taken from a sample survey of Palpa and Rupandehi districts in rural Nepal. Both married and unmarried females of marriageable age were included in the survey. Median age at marriage was about 17 years for data from only married females, whereas it was about 18 years for data from married as well as unmarried females of marriageable age. Median age at marriage was about 16 years for uneducated females and 19 years for females educated up to intermediate or higher level. The analysis underestimates the median age at marriage for married females, probably due to right censoring. The risk of getting married early decreased gradually with increasing year-of-birth cohort. The risk of early marriage was higher among females of high socioeconomic status compared with those of low socioeconomic status. Females engaged in service married earlier than those engaged in household work. High socioeconomic status families are motivated, for religious and prestige reasons, to get their daughters married at an early age, preferably before menarche. Thus, education, occupation and age at menarche are the most powerful factors in deciding the timing of first marriage in Nepal.