Marriage behavior response to prime-age adult mortality: Evidence from Malawi
This article examines the effect of AIDS-related mortality of the prime-age adult population on marriage behavior among women in Malawi. A rise in prime-age adult mortality increases risks associated with the search for a marriage partner in the marriage market. A possible behavioral change in the m...
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Duke University Press
2009
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| author | Ueyama, Mika Yamauchi, Futoshi |
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| description | This article examines the effect of AIDS-related mortality of the prime-age adult population on marriage behavior among women in Malawi. A rise in prime-age adult mortality increases risks associated with the search for a marriage partner in the marriage market. A possible behavioral change in the marriage market in response to an increase in prime-age adult mortality is to marry earlier to avoid exposure to HIV/AIDS risks. We test this hypothesis by using micro data from Malawi, where prime-age adult mortality has drastically increased. In the analysis, we estimate the probability of prime-age adult mortality that sample women have observed during their adolescent period by utilizing retrospective information on deaths of their siblings. Empirical analysis shows that excess prime-age adult mortality in the local marriage market lowers the marriage age for females and shortens the interval between the first sex and first marriage. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1620842025-02-19T14:06:53Z Marriage behavior response to prime-age adult mortality: Evidence from Malawi Ueyama, Mika Yamauchi, Futoshi HIV infections marriage sexual behaviour mortality This article examines the effect of AIDS-related mortality of the prime-age adult population on marriage behavior among women in Malawi. A rise in prime-age adult mortality increases risks associated with the search for a marriage partner in the marriage market. A possible behavioral change in the marriage market in response to an increase in prime-age adult mortality is to marry earlier to avoid exposure to HIV/AIDS risks. We test this hypothesis by using micro data from Malawi, where prime-age adult mortality has drastically increased. In the analysis, we estimate the probability of prime-age adult mortality that sample women have observed during their adolescent period by utilizing retrospective information on deaths of their siblings. Empirical analysis shows that excess prime-age adult mortality in the local marriage market lowers the marriage age for females and shortens the interval between the first sex and first marriage. 2009-02-01 2024-11-21T10:01:03Z 2024-11-21T10:01:03Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/162084 en Limited Access Duke University Press Ueyama, Mika; Yamauchi, Futoshi. 2009. Marriage behavior response to prime-age adult mortality. Demography 46(1): 43-64 |
| spellingShingle | HIV infections marriage sexual behaviour mortality Ueyama, Mika Yamauchi, Futoshi Marriage behavior response to prime-age adult mortality: Evidence from Malawi |
| title | Marriage behavior response to prime-age adult mortality: Evidence from Malawi |
| title_full | Marriage behavior response to prime-age adult mortality: Evidence from Malawi |
| title_fullStr | Marriage behavior response to prime-age adult mortality: Evidence from Malawi |
| title_full_unstemmed | Marriage behavior response to prime-age adult mortality: Evidence from Malawi |
| title_short | Marriage behavior response to prime-age adult mortality: Evidence from Malawi |
| title_sort | marriage behavior response to prime age adult mortality evidence from malawi |
| topic | HIV infections marriage sexual behaviour mortality |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/162084 |
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