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Investigating the Causes for Low Female Age at Marriage
This study on low female age at marriage is aimed at investigating the causes and factors influencing the marginal increase in age at marriage among women from 15.3 years as reported in the National Family Health Survey-1 (1992–93) to 16.1 years in NFHS-3 (2005–06) in undivided Andhra Pradesh. The analysis of the data collected from a sample of 716 households from seven districts of Telangana and of 1,944 households from 10 districts of Andhra Pradesh reveals that the two most important exogenous variables with respect to age at marriage are awareness and education, with education emerging as a key indicator.
The authors are grateful to the Department of Planning, Government of Telangana for core fi nancial support that made this study possible. A team from Asmita Resource Centre for Women coordinated the data collection on which this paper is based. The authors are grateful especially to Stanley Thangaraj, D Narasimha Reddy, and Jafar K.
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