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- Title
Age at marriage in Sri Lanka: stabilizing or declining?
- Authors
De Silva, W. I.
- Abstract
Over the last four decades in Sri Lanka, age at first marriage for males increased marginally, and for females it rose considerably, but there has been no recent increase in female age at marriage. Among the younger cohorts, estimated ages at which some married indeed show a declining mean age at marriage. Coale-McNeil estimates indicate that there is no real decline in female age at marriage in Sri Lanka. Marriages were delayed as a result of economie hardship or increased mortality to the mid-1970s, but once the overall economy improved after 1977, more marriages took place. Female age at marriage in Sri Lanka remained slightly below 24 years, the age which is anticipated by younger cohorts, and this level is likely to persist for some time.
- Subjects
SRI Lanka; MARRIAGE age; MORTALITY; MONOGAMOUS relationships; MARITAL relations; ECONOMIC development; HUMAN fertility; CONTRACEPTION
- Publication
Journal of Biosocial Science, 1990, Vol 22, Issue 4, p395
- ISSN
0021-9320
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1017/S0021932000018812