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  • Title: Nuptiality in Thailand: an analysis based on the 1980 population census data.
    Author: Punpueng S.
    Journal: Warasan Prachakon Lae Sangkhom; 1990 Jan; 2(2):175-83. PubMed ID: 12283534.
    Abstract:
    Demographic and socioeconomic variables affecting nuptiality in Thailand were analyzed by regions from data from the 1980 Population and Housing Census of Thailand. The indicators of nuptiality were singulate mean age at marriage and percentage single of ages 20-24 years. Variables studied were percentage of women educated beyond primary school, percentage of women in non-farm occupations, sex ratio, percentage of women in urban areas, and percentage of Buddhists. Marriage age and percent single were highest, 23.4 and 48.0%, in the Central region, and lowest in the Northeast. Similarly percent in non-farm labor was highest central and lowest in the Northeast. The Southern region showed the highest level of education and urbanization. A surprising negative correlation between education and marriage age appeared in the Northeast, suggesting that secondary or higher education would be a better indicator than primary as an influence on nuptiality. Marriage age and percent single were strongly related to percent in non-farm occupations. Sex ratio has a negative correlation with female age at marriage in all regions. Urbanization was significant only for the Central region. Marriage age and percent single were highly correlated with Buddhist, as opposed to Muslim religion.
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