Opinions on early-age marriage and marriage customs among Kurdish-speaking women in southeast Turkey

Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 147-152

  Ertem, Meliksah ^a   Kocturk, Tahire ^b  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arranged marriage; Berdel; Cousin marriage; Early marriage; Family honour

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAUGHTER; EMOTION; ETHNICITY; FAMILY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MENARCHE; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URBAN AREA; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; TURKEY;

EID: 47149102575     PISSN: 14711893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1783/147118908784734927     Document Type: Article

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