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What decides women's marital age — wealth, education or caste
Data Point
38 minutes
2 years ago
What decides women's marital age — wealth, education or caste
Last month, the Assam government began an intense crackdown on child marriage. This got the debate going with social activists, who pointed out that the root of the problem — limited access to education among women — is still not being addressed. The National Family Health Survey (NFHS) data shows that higher education levels appear to play a greater role than wealth, in delaying a woman’s marriage. It also showed wide variations in marital age between rural and urban women, Dalit and upper-caste women. In this episode, Mary E John and Rajni Palriwala discuss the role that wealth, education and caste play in determining women’s marital age.
Link to corresponding Data Point story: https://www.thehindu.com/data/data-education-more-than-wealth-determines-womens-marital-age/article66524366.ece
Data Point
The Data Point podcast takes the biggest data-driven stories and puts it into context, so you understand what these numbers mean for you. Hosted by Sonikka Loganathan and supported by experts, to bring you fresh analyses, perspectives and nuance.
