Understanding Happiness and Psychological Wellbeing Among Young Married Women in Rural India

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ID3004292
AuthorsSudeshna Ghosh (0000-0002-2026-1676, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, India, ().), Subrata Lahiri (International Institute for Population Sciences), Nitin Datta (International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), New Delhi, India ().)
Year2017
Volume48
Issue1
Pages113-131
Publication date2017-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Comparative Family Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0047-2328 • E-ISSN: 1929-9850
PublisherUniversity of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3138/jcfs.48.1.113
OpenAlexW2753881904
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited7

The practice of early marriage is deeply rooted in the socio-cultural structure and is well prevalent in rural India despite marriage-prohibiting laws. The paper examines happiness and psychological well-being and its influence by various aspects of marriage among young married women. Multistage sampling technique was used to interview 654 married women, 13-24 years in rural West Bengal. Mean age at marriage was found to be 16 years. One-third reported adjustment problem initially after marriage. Logistic regression analysis results showed marital happiness was positively influenced by less spousal difference in opinion; couple educational status, able to adjust marital problems and wish to have same life partner given an option of partner selection. No significant association was found between happiness and type of marriage and husband's currently staying with wife

Age at first marriage · Fertility · Happiness · Marital status · Political science · Population · Socioeconomics · Sociology · West bengal · Wife · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology

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