Changes in Age at Marriage of Women in Rural North India
- 1 January 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Biosocial Science
- Vol. 24 (1) , 123-130
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021932000006866
Abstract
Summary There has been a dramatic increase in age at marriage for women in a rural area of north India. Age at marriage rose from under 12 years before 1930 to about 19 years in 1988, mainly as a result of socioeconomic development and advances in education of women.Keywords
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