Marriage Timing in Sri Lanka: The Role of Modern Norms and Ideas

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 476-490

  Malhotra, Anju ^a   Tsui, Amy Ong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Marriage norms; Modernization theory; Sri Lanka; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042668562     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353511     Document Type: Article

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