Female schooling and marriage change in India

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Dommaraju, Premchand
• مؤلفون آخرون: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• التنسيق: مقال
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2013
• الموضوعات: Sociology
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/100457; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17885; http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/pop/summary/v064/64.4.dommaraju.html

This study examines the influence of schooling on entry into marriage for women using panel data from the Indian censuses. Both schooling levels and marriage age increased in India between 1981 and 2001. While results from the cross-sectional data show that schooling is positively associated with de...