Caste and Choice: The Influence of Developmental Idealism on Marriage Behavior.
AJS
; 121(1): 243-87, 2015 Jul.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26430712
ABSTRACT
Is the marriage behavior of young people determined by their socioeconomic characteristics or their endorsement of developmental idealism? This article addresses this question using a unique longitudinal data set from Nepal and provides the first individual-level test of developmental idealism theory. The authors find that unmarried individuals with greater endorsement of developmental idealism in 2008 were more likely by 2012 to choose their own spouse, including a spouse of a different caste, rather than have an arranged marriage. Those with salaried work experience were also less likely to have arranged marriages, but urban proximity and education were not significant. The authors conclude that both developmental idealism and socioeconomic characteristics influence marriage and that their influences are largely independent.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Social Class
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Marriage
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Choice Behavior
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Aspects:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
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Equity_inequality
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Journal:
AJS
Year:
2015
Document type:
Article