Marriage and Fertility Patterns among Jordanians and Syrian Refugees in Jordan

2019 ◽  
pp. 259-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maia Sieverding ◽  
Nasma Berri ◽  
Sawsan Abdulrahim
Keyword(s):  
Total Fertility Rate ◽  
Fertility Rate ◽  
Syrian Refugees ◽  
Marriage Education ◽  
Marriage Age ◽  
First Marriage ◽  
Age At First Marriage ◽  
High Selection ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Transition To Marriage

This chapter examines changes in marriage and fertility among Jordanians and Syrian refugees in Jordan. It finds considerable continuity in marriage practices among Jordanians from 2010 to 2016. Jordanians witnessed very modest increases in median age at first marriage. Education is the main factor associated with later ages at marriage and first birth among women. The cost of marriage among Jordanians has declined since 2010 and is unlikely to have contributed to trends in marriage age. Despite the small increase in age at first marriage, fertility declined among Jordanians from a total fertility rate of 3.9 in 2010 to 3.3 in 2016. Compared to the Jordanians, Syrian refugees experienced an earlier transition to marriage and a higher total fertility rate of 4.4 in 2016. The marriage and fertility patterns of Syrian refugees point to high selection on factors associated with earlier marriage and higher fertility.

Occupation and Divorce

1985 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 347-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
THEODORE N. GREENSTEIN
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Prestige ◽  
Marriage Education ◽  
Transport Equipment ◽  
Occupational Category ◽  
Social Surveys ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Female Workers ◽  
First Marriage ◽  
Age At First Marriage ◽  
Males And Females

Analyses of the combined General Social Surveys for 1972-1983 are used to estimate propensity to divorce (proportion of ever-married persons who have ever been divorced or legally separated) for major occupational categories and for selected occupations. Separate analyses for males and females show significant estimated effects of occupation on propensity to divorce even when occupational prestige, age, age at first marriage, income, education, and number of children are statistically controlled. Contrary to the findings of previous studies, male professional and technical workers do not have the lowest propensity to divorce. Propensity to divorce for male professional and technical workers, when adjusted for income, occupational prestige, age, age at first marriage, education, and number of children, is higher than for any occupational category except transport equipment operatives. For female workers, on the other hand, professional and technical workers do have the lowest propensity to divorce among nonfarm workers.

Socioeconomic Determinants of Age at First Marriage in Bangladesh

1986 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashraf Uddin Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Women's Education ◽  
The Other ◽  
Work Status ◽  
Place Of Residence ◽  
Marriage Age ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Socioeconomic Determinants ◽  
First Marriage ◽  
Age At First Marriage

SummaryThis study examines the factors affecting age at first marriage—place of residence, education, premarital work status, religion, husband's childhood residence, education and occupation. Women's education appears to be the strongest determinant of variation in marriage age, and all the other factors show statistically significant influences.

Jamila Ḥarabun and Her Two Husbands

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-252
Author(s):  
Minna Rozen
Keyword(s):  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
Ottoman Empire ◽  
Urban Centers ◽  
Power Struggles ◽  
Thick Description ◽  
Marriage Age ◽  
First Marriage ◽  
Age At First Marriage

This article engages with Jewish marriage in the urban centers of the sixteenth-century Ottoman Empire: the purpose of marriage, the choice of a proper spouse, the place of emotion in choosing a mate at first marriage, age at first marriage, the limits of patriarchal authority, power struggles between rabbinic leaders, and use made by Jewish litigants of the empire’s power in order to achieve their goals. Several rulings made by Salonikan rabbinic authorities of the time provide a “thick description” of the affair, enabling us to comprehend the behavior of all involved parties in terms of the sociological, political, religious, financial, and gendered context in which they lived.

scholarly journals Adolescent’s Knowledge About Age Marriage Maturation Program (PUP)

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 079-084
Author(s):  
Elsa Rulistyana
Keyword(s):  
Total Fertility Rate ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Fertility Rate ◽  
Good Knowledge ◽  
Research Use ◽  
National Planning ◽  
First Marriage ◽  
Family Program ◽  
Collection Data

Age Marriage Maturation (PUP) is part of the National Planning Family program to increase the age of first marriage minimum 21 years old for women and 25 years old for men. Age Marriage Maturation Program (PUP) will have an impact on increasing the first age marriage, which it will turn lower the Total Fertility Rate (TFR). The purpose of research is to explore the knowledge of adolescents about the Age Marriage Maturation program (PUP) in SMKN 3 of Blitar. This research use descriptive design with 571 populations from SMKN 3 Blitar’s students and the sample is 235 students with proportional random sampling technique. The collection data by questionnaires. The results is 83% good knowledge, 15,3% sufficient knowledge, and 1,7% less knowledge. Knowledge of adolescents has been good, but needs to be improved in relating matters about influence of the health aspects to the Age Marriage Maturation (PUP). Suggestions for school is should be information about Age Marriage Maturation (PUP) presented attractively by picturial media.

Economics guide global marriage age decisions

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Child Survival ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Child Marriage ◽  
Marriage Age ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Household Level ◽  
First Marriage ◽  
Age At First Marriage ◽  
The Impact

Subject An overview of the success of policies on raising marriage ages. Significance Human rights campaigns against child marriage in developing countries have become ubiquitous in recent years. However, the global median age at first marriage has already risen significantly, especially for women, from 21.8 in the 1980, to 24.7 in 2000. Demographic trends show widespread delays in age at first marriage across Africa and Asia. Despite this global shift, the root causes of marriage trends in developing countries has been largely overlooked. Policy campaigns focus primarily on a rights-based discourse of girl empowerment, but the choice of marriage age is often determined collectively and in relation to considerations of a family's livelihood. Impacts Delayed entry to marriage improves the health and well-being of women, including improved education rates, and delays in childbearing. Rising marriage age is correlated with fertility declines, which improves child survival and economic growth at the household level. Women who marry later are more productive members of the workforce, improving national economic indicators. The disconnect between demographics and policy discourse wastes aid resources and limits the impact of child marriage prevention campaigns.

scholarly journals FERTILITAS MENURUT ETNIS DI INDONESIA: ANALISIS DATA SENSUS PENDUDUK 2010

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mugia Bayu Raharja
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Ethnic Diversity ◽  
Fertility Rate ◽  
Population Census ◽  
High Fertility ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
First Marriage ◽  
Age At First Marriage ◽  
High Level

Indonesia is known as a country that has the largest ethnic groups in the world with 1,128 ethnic groups as reported on the 2010 Population Census. Ethnic diversity is one of the important factors that determine the amount and distribution of the population in Indonesia. This study aimed to determine variations and patterns of fertility by ethnic groups in Indonesia and its association with their socioeconomic characteristics. By using the 2010 Population Census raw data that obtained from the IPUMS website, this study calculated the average number of children born alive born to ever married women aged 15-49. The results show a relationship between fertility and ethnic groups. Among fifteen major ethnic groups analyzed in this study, Batak ethnic has the highest fertility rate followed by Acehnese and Bantenese, while ever married Maduranese women have the lowest fertility rate. The high level of fertility in some of the major ethnic groups in Indonesia is associated with the desire to have many children, the low age at first marriage of women, and the existed perception that those with many children would get higher social value. Low level of education and rural residential areas also contribute to high fertility rates.

scholarly journals The marriage age U-shape

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-42
Author(s):  
Pavel Jelnov
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Women's Labor ◽  
Search Frictions ◽  
World War ◽  
The West ◽  
Marriage Age ◽  
First Marriage ◽  
Age At First Marriage ◽  
Age Of Marriage ◽  
Women's Labor Force Participation

Abstract In this paper, I address the U-shaped dynamics (a decrease followed by an increase) in the age at first marriage during the twentieth century. First, I show that the U-shaped dynamics have been steeper in Western that in other countries. Second, I find that these dynamics in the West are strongly related to the post-World War II (WWII) economic growth. By contrast, in the nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth centuries age of marriage was much less correlated across Western countries. I propose a simple model where age of marriage is a function of search frictions and married women's labor force participation. Both factors put together generate U-shaped dynamics as a result of an industrial boom that mimics the post-WWII Western economic development.

scholarly journals Older Yet Fairer: How Extended Reproductive Time Horizons Reshaped Marriage Patterns in Israel

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 198-234
Author(s):  
Naomi Gershoni ◽  
Corinne Low
Keyword(s):  
Age At First Birth ◽  
Marriage Age ◽  
Vitro Fertilization ◽  
Younger Women ◽  
Marriage Patterns ◽  
First Marriage ◽  
Time Horizons ◽  
Age At First Marriage ◽  
Comparison Groups

Israel’s 1994 adoption of free in vitro fertilization (IVF) provides a natural experiment for how fertility time horizons impact women’s marriage timing and other outcomes. We find a substantial increase in average age at first marriage following the policy change, using both men and Arab-Israeli women as comparison groups. This shift appears to be driven by both increased marriages by older women and younger women delaying marriage. Age at first birth also increased. Placebo and robustness checks help pinpoint IVF as the source of the change. Our findings suggest age-limited fertility materially impacts women’s life timing and outcomes relative to men. (JEL J12, J13, J16)

scholarly journals Recent marriage and childbearing trends in Croatia and Slovenia: A comparative review

2021 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vera Graovac Matassi ◽  
Ana Talan
Keyword(s):  
Total Fertility Rate ◽  
Birth Rate ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Marriage Rate ◽  
Fertility Rate ◽  
Fertility Rates ◽  
Birth Rates ◽  
First Marriage ◽  
Human Fertility ◽  
Comparative Review

The paper discusses the marriage and childbearing trends in Croatia and Slovenia from 1985 to 2017. We made a comparative review of several indicators related to marriage and childbearing trends: mean ages of women at first marriage and first childbirth, birth rates, births within and outside marriage, total fertility rate, tempo-adjusted fertility rate, age-specific fertility rates, and marriage rate. The analysis is based on the official statistical data provided by the statistical offices of both countries and Human Fertility Database. Many of the indicators, including the birth rate, total fertility rate and age-specific fertility rate, are somewhat more favourable in Slovenia than in Croatia. One of the major differences between the two countries is that in Slovenia the connection between marriage and childbearing is not as nearly significant as in Croatia.

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