Factors Associated with Marriage and Family Formation Processes in Southern Ethiopia

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2994595
AutoresMarkos Ezra (Research Scientist, MCH Epidemiology Research Program, P.O. Box 364, Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0364, U.S.A., autor correspondente)
Ano2003
Volume34
Fascículo4
Páginas509-530
Data de publicação2003-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Comparative Family Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0047-2328 • E-ISSN: 1929-9850
EditoraUniversity of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3138/jcfs.34.4.509
OpenAlexW2597845817
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas11
Referências citadas4

Using data from the 1997 Community and Family Survey conducted in Southern Ethiopia, we analyzed the factors associated with marriage arrangements and family formation patterns and tried to investigate their relationship with some cultural and socioeconomic attributes. Specifically, determinants of, and differentials in, the pattern of entry into marriage, stability of first marriages, mate selection criteria for daughters, and factors associated with polygamous marriages in five different ethnic groups are the focus of the paper. 1,931 ever-married women were included in the analysis. Of these, 62% were married before age 18; about 15% were not in their first marriages at the time of the survey; and more than 27% of the currently married women were living in polygamous marriage arrangements. Differentials in patterns of marriage by ethnic group are not that obvious and are at times inconsistent. Dissolution of first marriage is strongly associated with factors such as: early age at first marriage, extended family structure, and household's poor economic status. Polygamous marriages are found to be strongly associated with household's economic status or religious affiliation

Age at first marriage · Arranged Marriage · Demographic economics · Economics · Endogamy · Ethnic group · Fertility · Geography · Polygyny · Population · Socioeconomic status · Socioeconomics · Sociology · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Gender Studies · Marriage and Sexual Relationships