Socio-economic determinants of age at first marriage of the ethnic tribal women in Bangladesh

Asian Population Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-84

  Mostafa Kamal, S M ^a  

^a ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Education; Ethnicity; Marriage; Tribal women

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MARRIAGE; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WOMENS STATUS;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 79952383908     PISSN: 17441730     EISSN: 17441749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441730.2011.544906     Document Type: Article

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