determinant of socio- demographic in increased of age at marriage

the main goal of this study is the effectiveness evaluation of socio-demographic variables on increasing marriage age of working female students in university of tehran. using statistical method and questionnaire technique, 387 married female students have been participated in this study by cluster-sampling method. the explanatory variables of female students increase marriage age are: educational level, their place of origin, degree of development in their province of origin, differences in attitude on marriage between them and their parents, their socio-economic expectations, the availability of media and social tools in their place of origin, the easiness of relationship between males and females in their place of origin, partner selection methods on their place of origin and the socio-economic status of parents. regression model analyze indicated that evaluated socio demographic factors explain about 33pesent of punctuation of marriage age. using regression analysis and path analyses shows that the overall variable effects (direct and indirect) of availability of media and social tools by 0.435 beta is greater than other variables. after this variable, the attitude differences of students and their parents and social expectations had important effect on age of marriage. but economical expectations and the socio-economic status of parents have a little role in marriage age.