Trends in spousal age difference at first marriage in Sub-Saharan Africa.

IF 1.5 3区 社会学 Q2 DEMOGRAPHY
Pearl S Kyei, Samuel Agyei-Mensah, John B Casterline, Ayaga A Bawah
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Abstract

Spousal age differences are highest in Sub-Saharan Africa, where trends in age at first marriage indicate an increase for both men and women. However, the net outcome for spousal age difference is difficult to predict without explicit analysis of these distributions. This study examines differentials in spousal age for women in first union. Further, it examines differences within population sub-groups and across countries, focusing on the influence of age at marriage and educational attainment. The analysis pools 144 survey datasets from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) conducted between 1980 and 2020 in 34 countries. OLS regression analysis was used to predict the spousal age difference at marriage with five-year cohorts used to study time trends. The analysis finds a decline of 1.7 years in the spousal age difference at first marriage between the earliest (1980-1984) and most recent (2014-2019), indicating that there has been minimal reduction in age at first marriage over four decades, despite rising ages at marriage for females. Increasing age at first marriage and educational attainment of women partly explain the decline observed over time.

撒哈拉以南非洲初婚配偶年龄差异趋势。
配偶年龄差异在撒哈拉以南非洲地区最大,在那里,初婚年龄的趋势表明,男性和女性的初婚年龄都在增加。然而,如果没有对这些分布的明确分析,配偶年龄差异的最终结果很难预测。本研究考察了第一次结婚的女性在结婚年龄上的差异。此外,它还审查了人口子群体内部和国家之间的差异,重点关注结婚年龄和受教育程度的影响。该分析汇集了1980年至2020年间在34个国家进行的人口与健康调查(DHS)和多指标类集调查(MICS)的144个调查数据集。采用OLS回归分析预测配偶结婚年龄差异,采用5年队列研究时间趋势。分析发现,从最早的(1980-1984年)到最近的(2014-2019年),首次婚姻的配偶年龄差距缩小了1.7岁,这表明,尽管女性的结婚年龄在上升,但在过去的40年里,首次婚姻的年龄几乎没有下降。随着时间的推移,初婚年龄的增加和女性受教育程度的提高在一定程度上解释了这种下降。
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期刊介绍: Journal of Biosocial Science is a leading interdisciplinary and international journal in the field of biosocial science, the common ground between biology and sociology. It acts as an essential reference guide for all biological and social scientists working in these interdisciplinary areas, including social and biological aspects of reproduction and its control, gerontology, ecology, genetics, applied psychology, sociology, education, criminology, demography, health and epidemiology. Publishing original research papers, short reports, reviews, lectures and book reviews, the journal also includes a Debate section that encourages readers" comments on specific articles, with subsequent response from the original author.
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