This paper examines whether marriage increases the risk of HIV infection among women aged 15-24 in Lesotho, Swaziland … marriage as an institution does not necessarily elevate the risk of HIV infection among young women. …

-enrolled, (2) a review of the evidence on the links between school exit and marriage timing and (3) an assessment of the relative …

Bangladesh. Design/methodology/approach – This paper uses data from a survey based in rural Bangladesh and considers the children … gender coefficient suggests that girls are more likely than boys to combine schooling with work. The children who are sons … focus on the lowering of the demand for child labour in Bangladesh. The focus of this paper is, however, on the supply side …

, and to the marriage and enrollment decisions of their male siblings. Girls exposed to the garment sector delay marriage … women. We compare the marriage, childbearing, school enrollment and employment decisions of women who gain greater access to … and childbirth. This stems from (a) young girls becoming more likely to be enrolled in school after garment jobs (which …

divorce of 1762 Muslim marriages recorded in 1982-83 in Teknaf, Bangladesh. Grooms' prior marital status was categorized into … marital status and a number of socio-demographic variables on risk of divorce. Polygynous marriage, remarriage and divorce … divorce decreased with marriage duration. The groom’s and bride’s low socio-economic status, illiteracy, and early age at …

detailed time-use data from an adolescent study in rural Bangladesh. Measures of marriage arrangement are payment of dowry and …This paper explores the relationship between marriage arrangements and daily activities of young married women, using … self-care is significantly associated with marriage arrangement variables. Those who paid dowry spent more time in domestic …