Fatemeh Torabi
Angela Baschieri

http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol22/2/

doi:10.4054/DemRes.2010.22.2

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Abstract
This paper, using data from the 2000 Iran Demographic and Health Survey and a range of time-varying district-level contextual information derived from the 1986 and 1996 censuses of Iran, applies a discrete time hazard model to study ethnic differences in women’s transition to first marriage. The model specification accounts for both spatial and temporal changes in the socio-economic context of transition to marriage. We found ethnic-specific responses on women’s marriage timing to changes in the socio-economic context between the mid 1970s and 2000. Some ethnic groups appear to be more resistant to change despite sharing similar changes in their socio-economic context.

Author's affiliation
Fatemeh Torabi
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
Angela Baschieri
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom

Keywords
development, education, ethnicity, Iran, marriage, marriage market, women status

Word count (Main text)
8906

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