Marriage Patterns in Pakistan through Net Nuptiality Tables'-1968 & 1971

Naushin Iftikhar and Mohammad Afzal
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Naushin Iftikhar: Pakistan Institute of Development Economies, Islamabad.
Mohammad Afzal: Pakistan Institute of Development Economies, Islamabad.

The Pakistan Development Review, 1975, vol. 14, issue 2, 207-232

Abstract: In studying the processes w.hich bring a?out changes ~n the sizt: an~ c~mposition of a population, an apprals.al of marn.age pattern.s IS o~ special slg~l1ficance because the age and rate of marnage format~on relate dlfectlr .to changes III population composition. In a society like Pakistan whe~e fertlhty takes place predominantly through the form~tion of f~milies by marna.ges, the frequency of m~rriages at different ages has direct beanng on the effectIve length f reproductive period. Thus, for getting a proper i~sight into the demographic ph~n0f!1ena, statistics on marriages are also of great lllterest to demographers along with lllformation on fertility, mortality and migration.

Date: 1975
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