Marriage and marriage migration are often downplayed in the migration literature. The role of location in the decisionmaking underlying marriage migration, and the relations between marriage and labor migration, are little understood. Research that focuses on international marriages and on Western or capitalist economies has highlighted marriage as a strategy, but little attention is given to d...

This paper examines age patterns of first marriage and motherhood and covariates of early marriage, delayed consummation of marriage and early motherhood in Nepal using data from the 2000 Nepal Adolescent and Young Adult Survey (NAYA). Both unmarried and married male and female youths (age 14-22) were included in the survey. The analysis is based on 2800 urban youths and 5075 rural youths with ...

This article explores the remarkable shift in marriage and divorce practices that has occurred in the last third of this century in the United States. Initially, information is presented on trends in divorce and remarriage; commonalities and differences between family patterns in the United States and in other industrialized nations are discussed. The author then identifies some of the factors ...

Child marriage is an interesting phenomenon to discuss. There have been many government efforts in dealing with the rampant cases of child Indonesia. One them by enacting Marriage Law regarding age limit for marriage. The change regulated laws and regulations 19 years both men women has actually increased number marriages This research a qualitative case study type research, namely Religious Co...

This paper discusses how the current social history of Islamic law in Southeast Asian region relates to minimum age marriage. Then also, it will be examined socio-cultural and socio-political influences surround change provisions marriage two countries. normative legal research focused on studying using approach law. Data is analyzed with qualitative methods. The results showed a Indonesia, fro...

BACKGROUND Some scholars claim that marriage is an outmoded institution, decoupled from the childbearing process in Sweden. However, it is likely that the presence of children is still linked to marriage, since most children born to cohabiting couples experience the marriage of their parents. The temporal ordering of childbearing and marriage may be informative as to the meaning of marriage. OB...

BACKGROUND Despite continuing marriage delay in East Asia, little is known about the shift of marriage towards later ages and the concomitant decline in marriage. OBJECTIVE Applying the concept of cohort postponement and recuperation to marriage in South Korea, I study the pattern of marriage delay among women and the extent to which delayed marriages are realized later in life. METHODS With Ko...

The author of this book, who is Associate Professor of Sociology, University ' Michigan, is obviously aware that even in this large volume of 460 pages it ^ J be difficult to do justice to a subject of such magnitude and diversity as implieCL, the title. He has, therefore, limited his approach by focusing primarily on Amerl college students and graduates, both as material and audience. Within t...

The legalization of gay marriage has become a contentious issue in the United States, especially for individual state governments. The variation between gay marriage policies in US states ranges from complete ban of all partnership benefits to complete marriage equality for homosexual couples. This study seeks to explain this variation by looking at the possible mechanical factors that could af...

What is the meaning of marriage? The political fault lines that have emerged in the last election on the question of same-sex marriage suggest that there is no consensus on this issue. This article looks at the meaning of marriage against the backdrop of the same-sex marriage debate. Its focus is on the opposition to same-sex marriage. Drawing on the work of some leading conservative thinkers, ...