It is widely acknowledged that age at marriage has a significant influence on fertility, particularly in countries where childbearing occurs within marriage. However, the complexities of this relationship are poorly understood, especially during fertility transitions. This paper investigates the complex relationship between marriage age and marital fertility by examining the initiation of child...

This paper introduces an index that facilitates the testing of differing matching theories based on the degree of overlap between a theoretically generated matching joint density and its empirical counterpart. The index is asymptotically Normal, consequently permitting inference. To demonstrate its use, the paper examines the effect the One Child Policy had on matching patterns in the marriage ...

This paper introduces an index that facilitates the testing of differing matching theories based on the degree of overlap between a theoretically generated matching joint density and it’s empirical counterpart. The index is asymptotically Normally distributed, consequently permitting inference. To demonstrate its use, the paper examined the effect the One Child Policy had on matching patterns i...

OBJECTIVE The objectives of this study were to determine the relation between maternal education and various maternal risk factors, identify the impact of maternal education on the risk of childhood handicap and estimate the proportion of childhood handicap that can be prevented by maternal education. METHODS Data was collected from all married women attending the two major maternity and chil...

Cohabitation is an integral part of family research; however, little work examines cohabitation among teenagers or links between cohabitation and teenage childbearing. Drawing on the National Survey of Family Growth (2006-10), we examine family formation activities (i.e., cohabitation, marriage, and childbearing) of 3,945 15-19 year old women from the mid 1990s through 2010. One-third (34%) of ...

At the nexus of changing marital and fertility behavior is a new reality of contemporary family life—the fact that a significant fraction of adults today (will) have biological children by more than one partner, sometimes called ‘multi-partnered fertility.’ In this paper, we use data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study to explore the consequences of multipartnered fertility for ...

Child marriage is a global issue that concerns the violation of children's rights. All signatory countries to International Convention on Rights (UNCRC), including Malaysia, are obliged raise marriageable age 18 years old as legal measure curb child marriage. However, proposed law reform received strong rejection and criticism from religious groups in various Muslim countries. Religious traditi...

In general, those who apply for a marriage dispensation are the parents or guardians of child as in Article 7 paragraph (2) Law No. 16 2019 concerning Amendments to Number 1 1974 Marriage, when petitioner often minors where they legally incompetent. This study aims find out how legal protection after revision Marriage and judge's efforts determining application Petitioner is child. The research...

Child marriage is a formal or informal union between child under 18 years old and an adult another child. The prevalence of in Indonesia still high. In East Java, the 10,44%. Several factors contribute to this phenomenon, such as low education, financial needs, culture, arranged marriage, free sex, pregnancy before marriage. has many negative impacts, especially from health perspective, because...

Child marriage in Pakistan is associated with social, economic, and juridical aspects rather than mere religion. It an exception to general Islamic law for the best interests of child. The determination legal age a child discussed, but no efficient steps are taken Pakistan. Marriage still regulated by old ambiguous colonial law. Furthermore, penal amendments introduced zero implementation. Alth...