Differentials in Female Age at Marriage in Pakistan: Have they Changed or Not?
Age at marriage is an important factor to study the marriage patterns of a country because of strong relationship between age at first marriage and childbearing. In this study, effects of one major socio-cultural factor female education and place of residence have been illustrated. The present stud...
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Age at marriage is an important factor to study the marriage patterns of a country because of strong relationship between age at first marriage and childbearing. In this study, effects of one major socio-cultural factor female education and place of residence have been illustrated. The present study attempted to find differentials in female age at marriage in Pakistan since Pakistan has begun to face early demographic transition since 90’s. The investigation of differentials in female age at marriage in this study is generally based on data analysis of Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey (PDHS) 2006-07. While comparative analysis also discussed in a separate section with findings of PDHS, 2012-13. The age at first marriage of women lived in major urban areas seemed to carry with them the influence of the urban lifestyle and are also influenced by the educational enrollment opportunities.
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| spelling | doaj.art-9f39b3d28da340578d5d07ecbec7b35f2024-03-18T09:13:24ZengNational University of Sciences and TechnologyNUST Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities2520-503X2523-00262021-01-013110.51732/njssh.v3i1.19Differentials in Female Age at Marriage in Pakistan: Have they Changed or Not?Aneel Shahzad0Demographer and former Research Associate with Population Welfare Department Government of the Punjab, Pakistan. Age at marriage is an important factor to study the marriage patterns of a country because of strong relationship between age at first marriage and childbearing. In this study, effects of one major socio-cultural factor female education and place of residence have been illustrated. The present study attempted to find differentials in female age at marriage in Pakistan since Pakistan has begun to face early demographic transition since 90’s. The investigation of differentials in female age at marriage in this study is generally based on data analysis of Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey (PDHS) 2006-07. While comparative analysis also discussed in a separate section with findings of PDHS, 2012-13. The age at first marriage of women lived in major urban areas seemed to carry with them the influence of the urban lifestyle and are also influenced by the educational enrollment opportunities. https://www.njssh.nust.edu.pk/index.php/njssh/article/view/19Female age at first marriageYears of schoolingUrbanization |
| spellingShingle | Aneel Shahzad Differentials in Female Age at Marriage in Pakistan: Have they Changed or Not? NUST Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Female age at first marriage Years of schooling Urbanization |
| title | Differentials in Female Age at Marriage in Pakistan: Have they Changed or Not? |
| title_full | Differentials in Female Age at Marriage in Pakistan: Have they Changed or Not? |
| title_fullStr | Differentials in Female Age at Marriage in Pakistan: Have they Changed or Not? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Differentials in Female Age at Marriage in Pakistan: Have they Changed or Not? |
| title_short | Differentials in Female Age at Marriage in Pakistan: Have they Changed or Not? |
| title_sort | differentials in female age at marriage in pakistan have they changed or not |
| topic | Female age at first marriage Years of schooling Urbanization |
| url | https://www.njssh.nust.edu.pk/index.php/njssh/article/view/19 |
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