Volume : IX, Issue : IV, April - 2019

FACTORS AFFECTING FEMALE AGE AT MARRIAGE OF THE DEORIS OF ASSAM: A CASE STUDY

Dr. Surjya Chutia

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The age of marriage particularly that of the female is an important area of study in fertility analysis. The woman who gets married in young age is exposed to conception throughout the most fecund period of her life and thus influencing the high fertility. There are many socio–economic and cultural factors which affect the female age at marriage of a particular society. The Deoris are one of the plains Schedule Tribes of Assam, who are likely to exhibit certain peculiar socio–cultural and demographic characteristics which are different from those of other tribes and non tribal population of Assam. In this paper an attempt has been made to examine the factors affecting the age at marriage among the Deoris of Assam and their relative significance.

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FACTORS AFFECTING FEMALE AGE AT MARRIAGE OF THE DEORIS OF ASSAM: A CASE STUDY, Dr. Surjya Chutia INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-4 | April-2019

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