Marriage age - Topics

Which ethnic groups marry latest and what explains it How age of consent laws for marriage tightened across the nineteenth century How women's education shifted the timing of marriage worldwide South Asia's early marriages versus East Asia's late ones Age gaps in marriage: which ones raise eyebrows and which raise risk Child marriage exceptions still written into state law and who defends them What first-marriage rates show that overall marriage rates hide How old is too old to remarry? What the data says Why marriage is being delayed rather than abandoned in most rich countries Why marriage rates fall faster during economic downturns Legal marriage age around the world: where 18 is not the line Bride price inflation and the men who cannot afford to marry How to read a marriage table when the denominator is all women aged 15 to 49 Marriage timing differences among ethnic groups in the same city Raising the legal marriage age: does it actually stop early marriage? Marriage age trends across the Middle East and North Africa How changing role expectations pushed the average marriage age up Parental consent rules for marrying under 18 How mean age at first marriage is calculated and where the measure breaks down Why some religious communities still marry girls off young How the rise of the wage economy let young people marry without land Child marriage today: what drives families to marry off daughters young What happens to a marriage that was legally too young The health risks of pregnancy before 18 How much does age at marriage affect how long the marriage lasts? Bride price and child marriage: the link researchers keep finding What the singulate mean age at marriage shows that the median does not Gray marriage: why people are marrying again in their sixties What age Greek and Roman girls actually married at The legal age of marriage and the loopholes that still allow child marriage Why marrying young raises the risk of a marriage not lasting Why later marriage has not meant fewer marriages in every country