Nuptiality Patterns in Uttar Pradesh-India

Abstract

In this paper Indian Nuptiality Patterns over
successive NFHS rounds are captured through three
parameter marriage model. The Coale’s model was
first to capture similarity in the schedules of first
marriage frequencies in population belonging to
different cultures. The data on ever married sample from
three rounds of NFHS was used to fit the standard
nuptiality schedule for Uttar Pradesh. Findings are
suggestive of the slowing marriage rates compared to
the Swedish Standard. The age at entry into marriages is
still quite low in Uttar Pradesh compared to
International Standards