Age at first marriage and its determinants in Bangladesh

Age at first marriage and its relation to fertility in Bangladesh

“…Similar to other developing societies, early and universal marriages are two main features of Bangladesh's nuptiality behavior (Islam & Mahmud 1996). Celibacy is almost nonexistent (Islam & Ahmed 1998;Mitra and Associates 2007) and a significant proportion (18%) of women marry before they reach puberty (Islam & Ahmed 1998). In a study conducted on 40 developing countries, the median age at first marriage of women in Bangladesh was reported to be 14.1 years, which is the lowest among the studied countries (Singh & Samara 1996).…”

“…Generally, women with low age at first marriage tend to experience early childbearing and high fertility. Bangladesh is a country of high nuptiality and low age at marriage of women (Huq & Cleland 1990;Islam & Islam 1993), and particularly in rural areas these are still very common (Islam & Ahmed 1998;Kabir et al 2001). As a result, age at first marriage occupies an important place in demography as one of the proximate determinants of fertility.…”

Direct and Indirect Effects of Socioeconomic Factors on Age at First Marriage in Slum Areas, Bangladesh

“…However, in the countryside, villagers hardly know this requirement. Even among those people who do know it, they do not get married at the legislative age and this requirement has little impact on them (Islam and Ahmed, 1998). A large portion of marriages still take place before the legal age; around 79% of Bangladeshi women get married before the age of 20 years (Mitra and Associates, 2005).…”

“…Mass media are one of the measures that can reduce the early marriage rate in Bangladesh (Islam and Ahmed, 1998;Roy, 2008). Mass media, such as TV, Radio, social campaign, newspaper, radio, etc., play an important role in reducing fertility and mortality and also raising age at marriage.…”

“Stagging” and Flipping Activity: The Moderating Effect of IPOs Performance towards Market Momentums

“…Also, institutional investors flip more on poor IPOs initial performance. Likewise, according to Islam and Munira (2004), who used 96 Dhaka IPOs from 1994 to 2001, a small IPOs being issued had a higher flipping activity by flippers, compared to huge IPOs. Research finding by Bayley et al (2006) also pointed towards a significant negative relationship between size issued and flipping activity, by using 457 IPOs issued from 1995 to 2000.…”