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Item INHERITANCE OF MARRIAGE AGE: THE CASE OF RAJASTHAN, INDIA(Hindustan Publishing Corpn, 2001) Sheela J; Audinarayana N; Krishnamoorthy SE desp ARLY and universal marriage is the characteristic of nuptiality pattern in India. Despite the Child Marriage Restraint Act of 1929 and its amendment in 1978, pre-puberty and child marriages still continue to take place in India, particularly in Rajasthan state (Goyal, 1988). Singulate Mean Age at Marriage (SMAM) computed from the Census data for the years 1961, 1971, 1981 and 1991 shows that in Rajasthan the mean age at marriage has increased (Table 1). However, even by 1991 the mean age at marriage of females did not cross the minimum legal age at marriage of 18 years.Item DURATION OF SEARCH FOR A PROSPECTIVE MATE AND ITS DETERMINANTS IN TAMIL NADU(VHL Regional Portal Information and Knowledge for Health, 2003) Sheela J; Audinarayana NDuration of search for a prospective mate and its determinants in Tamil Nadu | IMSEAR loading Conteúdo principal 1 Busca 2 Rodapé 3 +A A -A Alto contraste Portal Regional da BVS Informação e Conhecimento para a Saúde português español english français Localizar descritor de assunto Busca Avançada EVID@Easy Pesquisar 1.Home 2.Pesquisa 3.Duration of search for a prospective mate and its determinants in Tamil Nadu Duration of search for a prospective mate and its determinants in Tamil NaduItem MATE SELECTION AND FEMALE AGE AT MARRIAGE: A MICRO LEVEL INVESTIGATION IN TAMIL NADU, INDIA(Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 2003) Sheela J; Audinarayana NThis paper aims to examine the process of mate selection in determining the age at marriage of 600 ever-married women drawn from rural (300) and urban (300) areas of Salem district, Tamil Nadu. Results based on the Multiple Classification Analysis show that both in rural and urban areas, time taken to initiate marriage process after menarche, caste background, age difference between bride and bridegroom and consultation of women for their marriage have played a greater role in determining their age at marriage in that order. Further, in urban areas, consanguinity has exhibited a highly significant effect on their age at marriage. While the role of payment of dowry has some effect on age at marriage of women both in rural and urban areas, the practice of horoscope matching has such an effect only in rural areas. Contrary to the expectation, first-born daughters enter into matrimony comparatively at higher ages than their later-bom counterparts only in rural areas. A weak support to residential propinquity theory of mate selection is also noticed.