Ethnic differences in transition to first marriage in Iran

Fatemeh Torabi and Angela Baschieri
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Fatemeh Torabi: University of Tehran
Angela Baschieri: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Demographic Research, 2010, vol. 22, issue 2, 29-62

Abstract: This paper, using data from the 2000 Iran Demographic and Health Survey and a range of time-varying district-level contextual information derived from the 1986 and 1996 censuses of Iran, applies a discrete time hazard model to study ethnic differences in women’s transition to first marriage. The model specification accounts for both spatial and temporal changes in the socio-economic context of transition to marriage. We found ethnic-specific responses on women’s marriage timing to changes in the socio-economic context between the mid 1970s and 2000. Some ethnic groups appear to be more resistant to change despite sharing similar changes in their socio-economic context.

Keywords: education; ethnicity; marriage; marriage market; development; Iran; women status (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J1 Z0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2010.22.2

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